IBM debuts beta of Lotus Symphony 4.0 for Linux
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| Symphony is based on the Open Document Format standard, and includes tools
| for users to import Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF files into the suite. IBM
| says this would make it easier to integrate the suite into current
| deployments.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/IBM_debuts_beta_of_Lotus_Symphony_40_for_Linux/1206727362
Many Linux deployments on their way (see below). Also new:
Inkscape 0.46 Released !
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| The sources were already available at SourceForge.net for two weeks but now
| it is official: version 0.46 of Inkscape has been released.
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http://meetthegimp.org/inkscape-046-released/
Recent:
IBM to offer Linux machines
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| The machines, it was announced, will come with Red Hat's Linux distro, and
| will come pre-loaded with software from IBM, including its Lotus Symphony
| suite.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29500/IBM-to-offer-Linux-machines
IBM, allies offer Microsoft-free PCs for E.Europe
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| International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said
| it was offering the PCs based on the open-source Linux operating system
| together with Red Hat (RHT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) software distributor
| VDEL of Austria and Polish distributor and services firm LX Polska in
| response to demand from Russian IT chiefs.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINL0486847020080304?rpc=44
Related:
Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7.0 in mid-2008
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| "We're doing pilots with customers now," Satyadas said. "Some of the requests
| came from big companies" with as many as 100,000 users that are interested in
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| moving to Ubuntu Linux on the desktop.
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| "Linux is cool now," he said. "We use it ourselves. We are able to offer a
| secure, rich and cost-effective Microsoft alternative."
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=hardware&articleId=9058900&taxonomyId=12&intsrc=kc_top
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