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Lotus Notes 8.5 Will Support Ubuntu 7.0

Posted by kdawson on from the desktop-in-the-enterprise dept.

E5Rebel sends in an article from Computerworld.uk article that reports: "IBM believes Linux on the enterprise desktop is finally ready for widespread adoption. To meet future demand it is preparing to deliver its next versions of Lotus Notes enterprise collaboration software and Lotus Symphony office productivity applications for the first time with full support for Ubuntu Linux 7.0... The Ubuntu support for Notes and Symphony were a direct response to demand from customers."

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  1. 7.10 by quenda · · Score: 5, Informative

    Amazing how many news outlets repeat the "7.0" typo.
    Of course it should read "7.10" as in october 2007.
    But et tu Slashdot!?

  2. Re:As a regular user of Notes at Work. by IntlHarvester · · Score: 4, Informative

    IBM has owned Notes for like 15 years now, they deserve all the blame.

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  3. Re:As a regular user of Notes at Work. by forgotten_my_nick · · Score: 5, Informative

    6.5 was made back in 2003. Of course it is better. Most of the FUD being spouted is from people using older versions of Notes, or having to use applications written by people not qualified to write them (mainly because it is as easy to write as VB). Or worse still they spend all that money and only use it for email.

    R8 is pretty much sitting on top of Eclipse. You still have notes backend but you can work with composite applications either as an NSF or as plugins. 8.1 even allows you to link to Google widgets within the client.

    R8 works in Linux already (Designer client is scheduled for 8.5). What IBM is doing is certifying the client under Ubuntu 7.

  4. Re:Why specifically Ubuntu? by Hymer · · Score: 5, Informative

    AFAIK, being a Notes-user for many years and having a good relation with IBM, they already do support SuSE and Redhat... Ubuntu is just the next distro getting certified Notes support.
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  5. Re:Full support -- actually, no by bdeclerc · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, they just announced at Lotussphere that for Notes 8.5, they are working on an Eclipse-based Designer, which then would be quite simple to also make available on other platforms than Windows... So it's very likely going to happen.

    In the mean time, as far as I know, it's possible to run Designer under Wine.