Within the last few days there was an announcement on the newswires that was pre-empted by the Federal Reserve lowering some bench mark interest rates. The story that got lost in the shuffle was that IBM decided to offer some great new office software totally FREE! It was designed to put a chink into their mian competitor Microsoft. The new productivity suite is called "Lotus Sumphony!" It is created in an ODF Open Document Format which mean that it's more of an open platfore non proprietary format. Since most of my friends in real estate like stuff that is free, and works well, I thought it was something that I would toss out to all! Since I used to use a lot of the Lotus Products years ago in the old Lotus Suite, Lotus Approach and Organizer...many of which I still use today...I have no problem sharing this. To check out the new features and possibel downloads for your own use click here: "Lotus Sumphony!" By the way, if you own Microsoft Office 2003 it can also share files,
Maximum One Realty - Union City, GA
Atlanta Real Estate-South Fulton & Fayette
Trombley Real Estate - Wake Forest, NC
Broker/Realtor, Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, Youngs
Jim, it looks great, and I would guess most will like it. Good luck, but I am a Mac and I will stay where I am.
Sep 19, 2007 02:07 PM
Long & Foster - Fredericksburg, VA
Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA
Long & Foster - Fredericksburg, VA
Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA
Susan Trombley It is a good product. I've already read some reviews before posting.
Sep 19, 2007 02:14 PM
eXp Realty - Hollister, MO
Missouri REALTOR, (808) 384-5645
I used to love Lotus WordPro and Amipro before that. I will have to check it out to see if it is as good as I remembered. Thanks for the heads up.
Sep 19, 2007 03:44 PM
Financial Revitalize - Baltimore, MD
CMPS- Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist
Long & Foster - Fredericksburg, VA
Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA
Ilyce N. Powell Like I mentioned earlier, IBM's announcement was muted by the other financial news of the rate cuts.
Sep 19, 2007 03:56 PM
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring Texas Real Estate
Elk Grove, CA
Realtor - Elk Grove CA, Sacramento, CA
Charlottesville Solutions - Charlottesville, VA
Jim, This is serious competition. Are you using or going to try this product?
Sep 20, 2007 02:23 AM
Long & Foster - Fredericksburg, VA
Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA
Candy Henthorne Thanks
Tracy Nicole Go for it!
Charles McDonald Yes, but I am putting together some presentations right now for some speaking engagements in October... when I return I will. I always use the last part of the year to try things. Business demands are less, so I have more free time to explore. FYI I am still using Lotus Approach for databases now. Ellen still uses Lotus Organizer as oppose to MS Outlook. I think on some items they are much easier to use than Microsoft.
Sep 20, 2007 02:37 AM
The Lewis Team at Keller Williams - San Diego, CA
The Lewis Team at Keller Williams in San Diego CA
Long & Foster - Fredericksburg, VA
Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA
Mike Lewis Anytime! Years ago there were much more choices, WordStar, Word Perfect etc... We all just got use to less in a Microsoft world.Sometimes as a consumer we all wish we did not have to buy upgrades that are useless etc... this is a major event that should be explored for many reasons!
Sep 20, 2007 03:27 AM
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Jim Crawford
Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA
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