Posted by linyupark :: 2007,September 18th,20:40 pm

IBM plans to mount its most ambitious challenge in years to Microsoft’s dominance of personal computer software, by offering free programs for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
通过提供免费的文字处理，电子数据表以及展示性程序，IBM计划于近期向微软的个人计算机软件统治优势发出强力挑战。

The company is announcing the desktop software, called IBM Lotus Symphony, at an event Tuesday in New York. The programs will be available as free downloads from the IBM Web site.
星期二在纽约一场活动中公司宣布名为IBM Lotus Symphony的桌面软件将可以免费的从IBM的官方网站进行下载

IBM这么做可以极大地推进LINUX桌面的普及，而Google的免费网络应用程序（免费企业邮箱，网上协作办公，等一系列网络办公程序）也是微软的一个威胁，现在网络无处不在，相信微软会在这双拳组合的威胁下给予一定的回应措施。