Linux PDA experience?
Jonathan Hutchins
hutchins at opus1.com
Thu Nov 22 23:47:46 CST 2001
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Herrmann [mailto:Jim at itdepends.com]
> > > Lotus Notes definitely works with the Palm OS based products,
> > > but I'm not sure about Linux based.
> > Reportedly runs under WINE, and IBM has documented how to
> > get it to work. Wonder if you could get Hotsync to run under
> > WINE as well? Then you'd be set.
> Why would you want to do that? I see no need to use a
> Windoze tool here. The OSS tools work with complete adequacy.
> Except for that Notes thing.
That's just it - the need to sync Notes probably means having to run a
Windows-based hotsync as well as the Windows-based client.
> > IBM's Linux support is mostly for Linux as a server OS.
> But they bought Lotus!?
Don't know if they bought the whole mark, or just the Notes/Domino part.
> Formally known as the world's leading PC software company.
Um, yeah at one time. Then mostly known as the other company besides Apple
that tried to get by on look-and-feel lawsuits instead of products. Didn't
work for them either.
More information about the Kclug
mailing list