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Lotus Notes For Linux To Be Released By IBM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the follow-on-corporate dept.

gamigad writes "According to ZDNet, Lotus Notes 7.0.1 will be released for Linux. Availability is expected to be on July 24. It ain't gonna be a free lunch, tho" It's going to be based mainly on the Eclipse framework, and it does appear that you'll be able to swap a Linux version for a Windows or Mac version if you so choose.

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  1. IBM internal by seasunset · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am speculating here, but I think this might have big consequences inside ... IBM.

    AFAIK, Notes was the single big piece missing to allow desktop transition to Linux inside IBM. I would bet that the more geeky IBM employees that were stuck on Windows because of Notes will change.

    And maybe in the future the company will encorage this.

    If you consider the sheer size of IBM its no small deal for Linux deskop usage...

    Just speculating though... Is there any IBMer wanting to comment?