“Papows was giving a keynote speech at UK Technology Week and
was asked if Lotus plans to support the freeware operating system
that last week gained support from Netscape and Intel. “I’m torn on
this.” said Papows. “All my engineers tell me this is a sound
platform and I’m a great believer in the [free] model Linux exists
in. It’s a great achievement with a certain amount of promise, but
to me — at this point in time — I just cannot say Linux offers a
viable proposition. There are so many Unix variations.” “