Re: [PLUG] Re: Lotus Notes For Linux

[Naresh <nganta@myrealbox.com>]

Paul,
Yes! thanks it helps me a lot. You know if there are plans to release
Lotus Notes (client) for Linux and Domino? I was reading thru google
grroups and they said it would be avaliable after the 3rd quarter of 2002.

Thanks,
Naresh

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 Paul.L.Snyder@gsk.com wrote:

> On Tuesday, October 8, 2002, "Paul" <paul@dpagin.net> wrote:
>
> > What's the difference between Notes and Domino?
>
> Lotus Domino is the server component: web development platform, database
> server, mail server, etc.
>
> Lotus Notes is the client piece.
>
> > Adam Lazur wrote:
> >
> >>Naresh (nganta@myrealbox.com) said:
> >>>Is there a version of Lotus Notes for Linux? If it exists how much does
> it
> >>>cost?
> >>
> >>The windows version of notes will run under wine on Linux.
>
> Lotus doc on setting up Notes under WINE on Linux (ludicrously long URL):
>
> http://www.lotus.com/developers/itcentralnew.nsf/allpublic/2D96D32F0ED19D26852569DD0067B3D0?opendocument
>
> I have, in fact, used these instructions to coax Notes into life.  I
> wouldn't want to support it in a production setting.  Getting the fonts
> working right was the most painful part.
>
>
> winecentric.com's notes on Notes 5 under WINE:
>
> http://www.winecentric.com/notes5.shtml
>
>
> At an IBM Linux briefing I was at a while back, the presenter recommended
> using CodeWeavers CrossOver Office.  (Currently at version 1.2, costs
> $54.95).
> This is a prepackaged version of WINE, as nearly as I can tell, which is
> supposed to make running a lot of standard Windows office applications
> much more straightforward.  I've obtained an eval copy from them, but have
> not yet had a chance to test it out.
>
> http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/
>
> Codeweavers has been involved with supporting WINE and has fed some
> improvements back.  They also have a product optimized for supporting
> browser plug-ins (the best way to get Quicktime working under Linux,
> apparently).
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> pls
>
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