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  From: Matthew Tippett <matthew.tippett@dsto.defence.gov.au>
  To  : Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@netcraft.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:47:03 +0930

Re: Lotus Notes for Linux (fwd)

Geoffrey D. Bennett wrote:
> 
> Forwarded message:
> > 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...
> >
This is purely conjecture...

I beleive Lotus do support a SCO port.

Under Linux *IT IS* possible to run SCO binaries.  I think it would be
interesting to see if the SCO binaries for notes server (or client)
will run under the iBCS module.

Can anyone help in this endeavour?

Matt