“IBM’s Lotus Development Corp. will build richer Extensible
Markup Language (XML) support, Windows and Office 2000 support and
Linux versions of its Notes and Domino products in a series of
upgrades to its Release 5 lines, culminating in the arrival in
mid-2000 of a new full edition code-named R-Next…”
“…the current R5 version of Notes/Domino will build on its
client richness as a browser-like desktop, while the server
component will gain additional knowledge management attributes via
XML and added scalability to meet the needs of the nascent
application service provider industry.”
“Lotus is also building on its QuickPlace products, available
for download at www.quickplace.com, to bring Notes-like client
features to the consumer desktop market. Coupled with Domino
Runtime Services (DRS), consumers can use either a browser or
Microsoft Corp.’s Office 2000 applications to access Notes services
via DRS…”
“R-Next, as the forthcoming major upgrade for Notes is
called, will focus on the needs of the enterprise, and the server
will come on Linux by year’s end…”