From: "Robert Comer" 

No control of things like that across distribution types.

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Bob Comer





"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44b51338$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Why don't they standardize something like that?
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:44b507c0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Most likely it can, but the install stuff for Linux is really ugly
>> (things are in different places cross distributions) if what you're
>> installing isn't totally self contained -- it's one area where Linux has
>> a LONG way to go.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:44b27703$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Why can't the Linux version of notes run on any version of Linux?  Why
>>> does it run only on Red Hat and take a different program to run on the
>>> same operating system from Novell?  Why is Linux / linux everywhere?
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:44b23f35{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4910/53/
>>>>
>>>> BM plans to release a version of Lotus Notes client
groupware for Linux
>>>> desktops and it will be a free download for existing Lotus
Notes users.
>>>>
>>>> The first Linux version, Lotus Notes 7.0 will be available
for Red Hat
>>>> Enterprise Linux 4, Update 3 clients, with a Novell Suse
Linux desktop
>>>> version promised within three months. Suse Linux
Enterprise Desktop 10
>>>> is due for release within the next two weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Notes on Linux users will reportedly be able to run all applications
>>>> that are currently available on Windows provided there is a Domino
>>>> server 7.0 back-end.
>>>>
>>>> In May, IBM announced that the next version of Lotus Notes
will include
>>>> the three main applications of the MS Office suite, a word
processor, a
>>>> spreadsheet and a presentation program.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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