"But how does this differ from StarOffice?" you may ask. Parts of OpenOffice.org 1.x were integrated into IBM's software several years ago, which were updated with a new UI and accessibility enhancements for the recently-released Lotus Notes 8. The applications in Lotus Symphony are just standalone applications of the same versions that are available as part of Notes. Conversely, StarOffice is built off of the OO.org 2.x code with some contributions from Sun, and so the two are slightly branched from one another.

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