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Apple Allows Lotus On iPhone (After Banning Competitor)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stay-classy-apple dept.

ImNotAtWork writes "Apple is allowing IBM's Lotus to be installed on iPhones. Recently it killed a developer-submitted program that was deemed competitive with Apple's product."

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  1. Re:And the reason is... by mabinogi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or maybe it's because it's not a product being sold in the iPhone App Store, it's just a web application they point Safari at.

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  2. Re:And the reason is... by TheSpoom · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Gah. That's what I get for believing a Slashdot summary. :^P

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  3. Lotus is a brand, not a product by brucmack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lotus is a brand, not a product. As far as I know, the product IBM Lotus is releasing for the iPhone is iNotes, the webmail interface to a Lotus Domino mail server. This isn't a Notes client for the iPhone.

  4. Parent is NOT a troll... by SenseiLeNoir · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I cannot understand the reason why the parent is a troll. The "application" in this case is a web application, not a native installed application.

    The post, states clearly:

    "Apple is allowing IBM's Lotus to be installed on iPhones. Recently it killed a developer submitted program that was deemed competitive with Apple's product."

    Which is wrong. I cannot see that the parent is a "troll". IT could even be argued the actual Slashdot post is a troll (patent lie, followed by a heated "angle" to start a flamewar)

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  5. Re:And the reason is... by PainMeds · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or maybe it's because it's not a product being sold in the iPhone App Store, it's just a web application they point Safari at

    Hence, it's entirely out of Apple's control, hence this is entirely non-news (just incase anyone was curious what the significance of this is).

  6. Re:And the reason is... by shitzu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is no grounds for comparing the app that was banned (essentially a Gmail front end as an app) and "allowing" iNotes ultralite that is actually a web page on your Notes/Domino server. This is just bad journalism on behalf of NY Times and seconded here.

    Also - apple "allows" gmail web front end on iphone just exactly the same way it "allows" iNotes ultralite.