I used OS/2 for several years, and I purchased SmartSuite for OS/2 (for $99, cheap by Office standards) as soon as it came out. All of the apps were WELL behind their counterparts in the Windows version, both in features and stability. Several of them felt like very poor, sluggish ports (similar to the way a WINE port feels on Linux). With that kind of effort, it was no wonder that it never became a killer app for OS/2. There were other, more responsive apps like DeScribe (WP) and Ahena (spreadsheet), and athough they weren't as widely know as SmartSuite, they worked better on OS/2.
Now, I agree that a GOOD port of SmartSuite, and particularly Notes client, would help bolster Linux as a desktop OS in corporate environments, but it would have to be done correctly, as a high quality native port of the CURRENT versions of the Windows applications, and it would be an uphill battle, since by now SmartSuite is off most PHB's radar screens.
Unfortunately, as Mr. Handy said outright, IBM has little interest in pushing Linux onto the desktop anyway.
The OS/2 version of SmartSuite was REALLY bad (Score:3)
Now, I agree that a GOOD port of SmartSuite, and particularly Notes client, would help bolster Linux as a desktop OS in corporate environments, but it would have to be done correctly, as a high quality native port of the CURRENT versions of the Windows applications, and it would be an uphill battle, since by now SmartSuite is off most PHB's radar screens.
Unfortunately, as Mr. Handy said outright, IBM has little interest in pushing Linux onto the desktop anyway.