> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Sibley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390! > > > "The current Notes client is very tied into the MS > APIs. Porting > it to any other platform would be extremely difficult, > and given the > marketshare of Linux on desktops, not justifiable. > iNotes works just > fine (except you have to be network connected I > believe). Also, the > Notes 6.0 and 6.5 clients will not (yet) run under > WINE so that path > is out for us." > > That's a really curious statement, Jim. IBM, one of > the biggest user of Notes Clients on PC's, one of the > biggest advocates of Linux and the owner of Notes > can't justify the work so that they can get rid of > microsoft inhouse and save itself the microsoft > license fees? And, by the by, make Linux more > attractive to PC clients? > > You'd think we'd be a bit more agressive internally. > > ===== > Jim Sibley > Implementor of Linux on zSeries in the beautiful Silicon Valley
Sun eats their own dogfood as far as desktops for the company, however, it is in no way a giant success outside of Sun. I think IBM's thinking is that if we do this will anyone else want it. Current trends don't show that they do want it.
