Lotus Demo's But Does Not Announce Notes Groupware
 
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LAS VEGAS (Microbytes Daily News Service) --- Lotus Development
Corp. (Cambridge, MA) demonstrated at Comdex, but said it was not
formally announcing, its long-expected Notes groupware program.
The company says it will reveal pricing in December, when the
product is supposed to ship.
 
Notes is a server-based free-form database manager for sharing
files and messages across a network. It resembles a cross between
a personal information manager such as Lotus Agenda (from which
it can pull files), a file viewer and grouping tool like
Traveling Software's ViewLink, and a messaging bulletin board.
Notes memos can contain fields for easy cross-referencing and
hypertext links to other documents or files. Records can include
text, numbers, and TIFF image files scanned into the computer.
Lotus said that both DOS/Windows and OS/2-PM versions will be
available for Novell, 3Com, and IBM LANs.
 
                              --- Andy Reinhardt
 
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