Internet Week: Opportunity Knocking For Lotus -- R5 still not here, but Notes in good position | Linux Today

Internet Week: Opportunity Knocking For Lotus — R5 still not here, but Notes in good position

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 24, 1999

“Lotus indicated that minor issues with the R5 Notes client user
interface, which sports an integrated Web browser and new
facilities for personalizing content, contributed to the
delay.”

“Among these new items will be a version of AOL: My News, which
users can place in one of the panes on their Notes R5 Headlines
page. Lotus said that other portal and content alliances would come
within weeks.”

“And reversing a decision last year, Papows also said that a
version of R5 for Linux would ship this year.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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