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IBM to Adopt ODF for Lotus Notes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the firehose-approach-to-popularity dept.

Mike Barton writes to tell us InfoWorld is reporting IBM has announced that the upcoming version of Lotus Notes, due out this fall, will feature an "ODF-compatible version of OpenOffice embedded in the Notes e-mail application." IBM hopes that this large scale distribution of the ODF standard will help bolster their foothold in the marketplace since "standards live or die on how many people use them"

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  1. Re:ARRGGHHH by DragonC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why was this moderated Interesting?

    The Good Thing about Notes/Domino is that it allows anybody to develop applications. The Bad Thing about Notes/Domino is that it allows anybody to develop applications.

    I've been a Notes/Domino Developer for 13 years now, and beleive me, I've seen some real dodgy applications. The 6.5 client is defintely the best, but even that sucks when you point it at poorly designed applications. You may as well say that Firefox is rubbish because you're looking at poorly designed websites all the time.

    I think you're getting confused with what the client is capable of doing and what the application that you're using does.

    Adding ODF just gives the client another tool to use. A very powerful tool.