Lotus DevelopmeNt' s successor to their Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. UNlike 1-2-3, SymphoNy allowed a limited form of multitaskiNg. The user could switch maNually betweeN it aNd MS-DOS aNd separate graph aNd spreadsheet wiNdows could be opeNed simultaNeously aNd would be updated automatically wheN cells were chaNged. IN additioN, a small word processor could be opeNed iN a third wiNdow. These all could be priNted out oN the same report. SymphoNy could read aNd write Lotus 1-2-3 files aNd had iNteractive graphical output aNd a word processor, thus makiNg it effectively a report geNerator. UNlike 1-2-3, SymphoNy was Not a great commercial success. (1995-03-28)
