<s>
IBM	B-Operating_System
Lotus	I-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
suite	B-Application
of	I-Application
applications	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
,	O
editing	O
,	O
and	O
sharing	O
text	O
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
presentations	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
documents	O
and	O
browsing	B-Application
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
distributed	O
as	O
commercial	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
then	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
,	O
before	O
IBM	O
contributed	O
the	O
suite	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2014	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
the	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
software	B-Application
suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
suite	O
has	O
a	O
name	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
1980s	O
DOS	B-Device
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
suite	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
two	O
software	B-Application
suites	I-Application
are	O
otherwise	O
unrelated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
previous	O
Lotus	O
application	B-Application
suite	I-Application
,	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
SmartSuite	I-Operating_System
,	O
is	O
also	O
unrelated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
discontinued	O
development	O
of	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2012	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
3.0.1	O
,	O
moving	O
future	O
development	O
effort	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
,	O
and	O
donating	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Operating_System
Lotus	I-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
consists	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
supports	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
formats	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
binary	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
export	O
Portable	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
PDF	B-Application
)	O
files	O
and	O
import	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
support	O
for	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
SmartSuite	I-Operating_System
formats	O
was	O
disabled	O
in	O
Symphony	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Rich	B-Architecture
Client	I-Architecture
Platform	I-Architecture
from	O
IBM	B-Application
Lotus	I-Application
Expeditor	I-Application
(	O
the	O
shell	O
)	O
and	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
the	O
core	O
office-suite	O
code	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
IBM	O
created	O
development	O
tools	O
for	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
smartphones	O
to	O
link	O
to	O
IBM	O
's	O
business	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
allow	O
opening	O
ODF	B-Application
file-formats	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
full	O
Symphony	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
3.0.1	O
added	O
enhancements	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
one	O
million	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
rows	O
,	O
bubble	O
charts	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
home	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
March	O
2012	O
a	O
first	O
fixpack	O
update	O
for	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
3.0.1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
November	O
2012	O
a	O
second	O
fixpack	O
update	O
for	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
3.0.1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
web	B-Application
based	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Symphony	O
,	O
called	O
LotusLive	B-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
has	O
its	O
roots	O
in	O
the	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
Managed	O
Client	O
component	O
of	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
IBM	O
introduced	O
Workplace	O
Managed	O
Client	O
version	O
2.6	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
"	O
productivity	O
tools	O
"	O
—	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
—	O
that	O
supported	O
ODF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workplace	O
used	O
code	O
from	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
version	O
1.1.4	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Sun	B-License
Industry	I-License
Standards	I-License
Source	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
for	O
release	O
of	O
binaries	O
of	O
modified	O
versions	O
without	O
releasing	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
released	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2008	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
three	O
minor	O
upgrades	O
through	O
2008	O
and	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
3.0	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
,	O
though	O
not	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	O
but	O
under	O
a	O
special	O
arrangement	O
between	O
IBM	O
and	O
Sun	O
(	O
who	O
required	O
copyright	O
assignment	O
of	O
all	O
outside	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
contributions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
includes	O
enhancements	O
such	O
as	O
new	O
sidebars	O
in	O
its	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
macros	O
,	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Format	I-Application
1.2	O
,	O
and	O
OLE	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
3.0	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
include	O
other	O
existing	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
modules	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
equation	O
editor	O
,	O
database	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
drawing	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
IBM	O
China	O
Development	O
Laboratory	O
,	O
located	O
in	O
Beijing	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
develops	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
IBM	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
donate	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
IBM	O
announced	O
version	O
3.0.1	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
and	O
their	O
efforts	O
would	O
be	O
going	O
into	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
project	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Symphony	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
an	O
"	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
IBM	O
Edition	O
"	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
but	O
later	O
decided	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
offer	O
the	O
stock	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
with	O
IBM	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
complaints	O
that	O
IBM	O
and	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
did	O
n't	O
really	O
provide	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
code	O
,	O
although	O
IBM	O
promised	O
to	O
donate	O
the	O
code	O
to	O
Apache	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
some	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
developers	O
wanted	O
to	O
adopt	O
some	O
code	O
parts	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
which	O
IBM	O
already	O
fixed	O
in	O
their	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
fork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
Lotusphere	O
event	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
IBM	O
confirmed	O
its	O
cost-reduction	O
effort	O
using	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
migrating	O
its	O
400,000	O
users	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
to	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2008	O
IBM	O
urged	O
its	O
20,000	O
'	O
strong-techies	O
'	O
employees	O
to	O
use	O
Symphony	O
instead	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
later	O
in	O
September	O
2009	O
IBM	O
forced	O
all	O
360,000	O
employees	O
to	O
use	O
Symphony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
study	O
showed	O
that	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
had	O
a	O
2%	O
market	O
share	O
in	O
the	O
corporate	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
IBM	O
stated	O
that	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
had	O
12	O
million	O
users	O
with	O
50	O
million	O
downloads	O
in	O
January	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
the	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
Developer	O
Toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
:	O
Visual	O
Basic	O
macros	O
,	O
OLE	B-Operating_System
Objects	I-Operating_System
and	O
embedded	O
audio/video	O
;	O
support	O
for	O
nested	O
tables	O
,	O
presentation	O
masters	O
and	O
DataPilot	B-Application
tables	O
for	O
pivoting	O
on	O
large	O
datasets	O
.	O
</s>
