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  From: Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@netcraft.com.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 18:18:02 +0930 (CST)

Lotus Notes for Linux (fwd)

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> From linux-biz-request@lege.com Tue Jul 15 12:33:13 1997
> Message-Id: <m0wnxId-001Hz0C@telly.org>
> From: evan@telly.org (Evan Leibovitch)
> Subject: Lotus Notes for Linux
> To: caldera-users@caldera.com (Caldera Users Mailing List)
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 22:25:10 -0400 (EDT)
> Cc: linux-biz@lege.com
> Content-Type: text
> 
> 
> Half a year ago, I'd asked on the Caldera mailing list what kind of
> applications people would want on Linux that weren't yet available.
> The two most-requested apps were an accounting package and Lotus Notes.
> 
> With the Appgen announcement, one of those is now covered. As for the
> other....
> 
> I was in conversation recently with someone who has been talking to IBM
> (at an appropiately high level) about porting Notes to Linux. That person
> told me that *any* testimonials about potential end-users who would buy
> Notes for Linux would be instrumental in convincing IBM to make it happen.
> There are no technical issues; this is only a matter of marketing and
> convincing the sales folk.
> 
> While I personally have no use for Notes, I believe its availability for
> Linux would be both an important application and yet another validation
> of Linux's suitability for corporate use.
> 
> Please personally e-mail me any relevant information and I promise to
> pass it on ASAP, added to a few stories of my own...
> 
> -- 
>  Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
> Supporting PC-based Unix since 1985 / Caldera & SCO authorized / www.telly.org
> If you're smart enough to be a programmer, you're too smart to be a programmer
> 


-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/