From: Adam Flinton 

Dave Ings wrote:

> This is news to me (although the reproduced email looks authentic, doesn't
> it?)
>
> Given that IBM is in the midst of (finally) transitioning from SmartSuite to
> Office, this is kind of odd timing if indeed it's true.
>
> IBM is a very large organisation, with diverse IT requirements, and I have
> no doubt that there are parts of the organisation that in the relatively
> near future could reasonably run on Linux desktops. But it's very diversity
> makes it unlikely IMHO that you would see a one size fits all solution
> everywhere in IBM. That's not real world, is it?
>
> But take all these sorts of stories with a grain of salt. After all
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12197
>
> "IBM drops Lotus Notes inside" is complete BS.
>
> (I also happen to know Deborah, by the way).

Just out of interest...what is IBM's problem with OpenOffice?

  I said a while back that a websphere module which can decompose OO
zipped xml files would be a good thing & once more I've been asked to
look at building one (std J2EE, target platforms Sun One AppServ, Weblogic
& Websphere).

All that's missing that IBM could help with (& could keep the IBM Lotus
people active) would be a set of filters etc for Smartsuite docs (possibly
inc lotus script macro support).

Adam

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