Screenshots of Lotus Notes 8's "productivity editors" on IBM's site:
http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/productivitytools They've modified the UI--I like how some of the toolbars have been moved to become tool palettes on the righthand side of the document working area. (But I don't like the pale blue, though maybe that's just coming from Windows.) I would think big companies already using Lotus will find this a convenient way to save money, by not purchasing as many MS Office licenses as before. The draw to consolidate two expensive applications into one, from a cost and management standpoint, would be very strong to me! -Ben ---- On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, at 05:29PM, "Cor Nouws" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ian Lynch wrote: > >> On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 21:29 +0100, John McCreesh wrote: > >>>It's an interesting rumour: >>> >>>"Lotus Notes 8 will also incorporate additional productivity >>>applications such as OpenOffice." >>>http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2196638/ibm-readies-lotus-notes > >> The announcement from IBM (referred to in the vnunet article) doesn't >> mention OOo; it says "Word processing, spreadsheets, and >> presentation applications, which support OpenDocument Format >> (ODF), Microsoft? Office, and IBM Lotus SmartSuite® file formats." >> >> So while its good advertising for OOo its probably inaccurate reporting >> in that IBM's office product forked from OOo supports ODF. > >I've studied the Notes 8 beta. >And it is OOo, with some adjustments in the UI and in the >installation/registry. >So it's no rumour. >Remains the question: how can we use it? > > >Cor Nouws >Arnhem - Netherlands >nl.OpenOffice.org - marketing contact --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
