---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Thng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [Slugnet] [PressRelease] IBM, Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat to Deliver Microsoft-Free Desktops Worldwide To: Soh Kam Yung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Soh Kam Yung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080805/0422227.html) > > ===== > Press Release Source: IBM > IBM, Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat to Deliver Microsoft-Free > Desktops Worldwide > Tuesday August 5, 3:57 pm ET > > SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 5, 2008 -- For the first time, > IBM (IBM - News) and leading Linux distributors Canonical/Ubuntu, > Novell and Red Hat will join forces globally with their hardware > partners to deliver Microsoft-free personal computing choices with > Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony in the one billion-unit desktop market > worldwide by 2009. > > [...] > > "The slow adoption of Vista among businesses and budget-conscious > CIOs, coupled with the proven success of a new type of Microsoft-free > PC in every region, provides an extraordinary window of opportunity > for Linux," said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president for IBM Lotus > Software. "We'll work to unlock the desktop to save our customers > money and give freedom of choice by offering this industry-leading > solution." > > The four leaders are working with their local business partners in > markets around the world to build and distribute a pre-loaded PC > offering that features IBM's Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS) > (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/occs-overview/) > including Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony and Lotus Sametime; the Linux > operating system of each distributor; and software applications and > installation services from the local partners in each market. The > final product will be branded by the local IT firms that bring it to > market. In addition, customers, independent software vendors (ISVs) > and systems integrators have the choice of developing applications > using Lotus Expeditor based on the open source Eclipse programming > model. > > [...] > > Canonical, which sells subscription support for Ubuntu, a Linux > operating system that scores high marks on usability and "the cool > factor," will re-distribute Lotus Symphony via their repositories. > Symphony 1.1 will be available through the Ubuntu repositories by the > end of August. General availability will coincide with the Lotus > Symphony 1.2 release expected to be available by the end of October > 2008. > > [...] > ===== > -- > Soh Kam Yung > my Google Reader Shared links: > (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) > my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: > (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > This is good news. But is Lotus Symphony open source?
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