The name was a pun on Lotus Symphony, the dominant productivity software at the time.

Q: I have a copy of Lotus Symphony, supplied by a rival mag.

It was preceded by a few months by its close rival Lotus Symphony.

Framework eventually got locked into an industry battle, primarily with Lotus Symphony, and later with Microsoft Works.

Lotus Symphony can refer to:

That said, no one has complained about Lotus Symphony yet.

On 27 March 2012 a fixpack update for Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 was released.

Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 adds enhancements including support for one million spreadsheet rows, bubble charts, and a new design for the home page.

In March 2009 a study showed that Lotus Symphony had a 2% market share in the corporate market.

IBM's Lotus Symphony, with a new interface based on Eclipse.