Because I can't have Lotus Symphony for free since I use OS/2.\
On the other hand, you could just use openoffice.org.
IBM is no better then MS. Even though IBM created the OS which I love so much, they also completely mishandled it and have frustrated me at every turn. I have no loyalty to IBM or Lotus.
Talking about the love for OS/2... I am the parent of (a then K-12) student who was enrolled in a Laptop for schools program; oh man I can tell you - those fingers were faster delete essential programs faster that I could have taken the laptop back to the schools lab for re-installation.

To make a long story short, rather that spending hours to visit the school lab I decided to go out one night an got a copy of Windows 95 so when ever those quick fingers of my K-12 child was at work once more I would do the re-installation on my own (I suppose you know the time period I am talking about since it was Windows 95) so, I don't need to talk about the experience of installing OS/2 in comparison to Windows 95 as anyone who have the experience of installing both operating system would know which one was the best.
"Frustrated"
you call it, I was able to make $150. on the first financial and economic software package I convinced a colleague to purchase and that was it; he was not willing to let others who can put up a project requiring international considerations get hold of a similar package as this would pose a competitive threat to his business

Do you see what I am getting at? Now, with packages like OpenOffice, Lotus Symphony which can now be obtained for free where is that competitive threat.

Sometimes I wonder what is it that I know that those millions of fellow Americans who are on the verge of loosing their homes do not know with free software packages like Lotus Symphony around. Perhaps, we all allowed IBM and Microsoft to have
completely mishandled OS/2

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Unlike you I am not now giving up on Lotus SmartSuite, Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony... It's too late to start all over again.