From a sales standpoint, Microsoft Office won the suite wars years ago. But it still hasn't captured the hearts and minds of all suite users. For one thing, Corel's WordPerfect, Lotus's SmartSuite, and Sun's StarOffice all offer some features that Office lacks. And once you've grown comfortable with any suite, it's easier to stick with it than to jump to another. Lotus says a modest update with better support for Microsoft files and other minor tweaks will appear by year's end.
Lotus is noncommittal.
A solid suite that just received a significant upgrade. And its import filters for Microsoft file formats tend to strip out fancy formatting. Sun is cagey about details, but says the upgrade will demand less in the way of system resources.