Version 8 of Lotus Notes platform is based on the Eclipse framework
IBM readies Lotus Notes 8
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15 Aug 2007, Tom Sanders in California , V3
IBM is preparing to ship a new version of its Lotus Notes and Domino applications on 17 August, according to a company webpage published on Tuesday.
International versions of the application are slated for release from September.
Version 8 of the messaging and collaboration platform is based on the Eclipse framework, and is built around a new platform dubbed Expeditor.
The platform allows developers to create Eclipse-based code for use within the client that can function on Linux, OS X and Windows platforms.
The client also will be able to run Eclipse plug-ins for use in a sidebar, for instance pulling information from enterprise applications using RSS and Atom feeds.
Lotus Notes will also incorporate additional productivity applications such as OpenOffice.
IBM is battling Microsoft's Exchange in the email server market. According to 2006 market share data from Radicati Group, Exchange runs 31 per cent of the world's email servers, and IBM runs 21 per cent.
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Typo: should say "OpenDocument Format"
The article mentions "OpenOffice", the productivity application, but according to IBM's press release the author probably meant "OpenDocument", the universal office format.
Turds and MS Boosters have been working hard to create confusion between applications and data formats. Let's not VNUnet add its voice to the disinformation, spend a minute and fix the typo.
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From the editor:
We ment OpenOffice. ODF is a document format, not an application. Notes 8 will support ODF, but you can't bundle a format.
Posted by Herb, 15 Aug 2007
No mention of OpenOffice in IBM release
You need to double check the information in this article. IBM's release and information on their site indicate that they have integrated wordprocessing, spreadsheet and presentation applications in the product which will be able to read / write Open Document Format (along with others). Screen shots of the product look nothing like OpenOffice.
I think the first comment is on the money.
Posted by Gary, 15 Aug 2007