Lotus is a very MicroSoft centered company, and (at least they used to) are very jealous of their Lotus (vs IBM) identity. Their port to OS/2 was a buggy POS. Several companies followed the same pattern:
-the community cries out for a port
-the company make a half-assed attempt at a port to 'gauge the community interest'
-the community balks at the crash prone POS
-the company ignores the complaints, only looking at the bottom line instead, decides that there really isn't any interest from the purchasing part of the community, and shitcans the project
Consider that a Windows->OS/2 port is a much simpler affair than Windows->Linux, since the former are decendants of the same bloodline. I predict that any Note's port from Lotus will be a sham designed to convince upper management that noone in the Linux community is willing to pay for Lotus' software; thereby, relieving them of the burden to having to make software that runs on more than one platform.
Not the best of plans, IMHO, seeing how MS Outlook continues to eat their lunch and will continue to do so as long as MS dictates the OS. But, heh, I'm just a guy watching it all happen. What do I know?
Re:If you build it, they will come (Score:2)
You know not what you asketh.
Lotus is a very MicroSoft centered company, and (at least they used to) are very jealous of their Lotus (vs IBM) identity. Their port to OS/2 was a buggy POS. Several companies followed the same pattern:
-the community cries out for a port
-the company make a half-assed attempt at a port to 'gauge the community interest'
-the community balks at the crash prone POS
-the company ignores the complaints, only looking at the bottom line instead, decides that there really isn't any interest from the purchasing part of the community, and shitcans the project
Consider that a Windows->OS/2 port is a much simpler affair than Windows->Linux, since the former are decendants of the same bloodline. I predict that any Note's port from Lotus will be a sham designed to convince upper management that noone in the Linux community is willing to pay for Lotus' software; thereby, relieving them of the burden to having to make software that runs on more than one platform.
Not the best of plans, IMHO, seeing how MS Outlook continues to eat their lunch and will continue to do so as long as MS dictates the OS. But, heh, I'm just a guy watching it all happen. What do I know?