Before Microsoft Office became the undisputed king of productivity, there was a war. On one side stood Microsoft with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. On the other, a powerful, arguably more elegant challenger: . While Lotus 1-2-3 had dominated the spreadsheet world in the DOS era, the Windows 9x era saw the release of a masterpiece: Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition .
The "Approach" database remains one of the most user-friendly ever made. Before Microsoft Office became the undisputed king of
While IBM officially withdrew support for SmartSuite in 2014, the software remains functional on modern systems with minor adjustments: and PowerPoint. On the other