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Why would they?
This is a commercial product, produced in response to customer demand, and with no doubt a considerable developmetn cost associated with it.

Not everything released for Linux has to be Open Source, and even with their championing of Open Source, IBM are still allowed to continue releasing new versions of their existing products in the same manner as they did before.

If they *were* to release the source code, the product would suddenly have no resale value on the Linux platform, and every man and his dog could release a version and start providing support. It would make very little sense for IBM to kill of a healthy revenue stream in that way.

Let's just be thankful they've invested time and money into developing this for our favourite platform.
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Hurray for Them  hoiatl | 07/09/06
Where is the source code  drdoug007 | 07/09/06
There is no need to release Notes source code.  Zogg | 07/10/06
Re: There is no need to release Notes source code.  drdoug007 | 07/10/06
Yeah, so?  NonZealot | 07/10/06
Why would they?  ciw42 | 07/10/06
Why would they?  drdoug007 | 07/10/06
Maybe I'm wrong  NonZealot | 07/10/06
No respect?  DarrellM | 07/12/06
Well...  zkiwi | 07/10/06
Tuning Lotus Notes? Like tuning a bus for a road rally  A.Typical Zork | 07/10/06
Expensive compared to what?  Roger Ramjet | 07/10/06
Expensive compared to everything  A.Typical Zork | 07/10/06
though i agree with what you said  Monkey_MCSE | 07/10/06
More functionality, better price!  brianconnelly | 07/11/06
Oh, I'm happy to see Notes for Linux.  Zogg | 07/10/06
You didn't have to wait  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/10/06
Lotus Notes is not e-mail  DarrellM | 07/12/06
Can SmartSuite and WordPro Be Far Behind?  Shawn999 | 07/10/06
Interesting  Linux User 147460 | 07/10/06
They already announced that. Sort of.  caspianhiro | 07/11/06
Outlook Isn't That Great  Hi_C | 07/10/06
I like Lotus Notes and will be testing it soon  crocd | 07/10/06
Step back for Linux...  techboy_z | 07/10/06
So...  zkiwi | 07/10/06
It's about time!  richdave | 07/10/06
It only takes 1large software house....  Monkey_MCSE | 07/10/06
RE: It only takes 1large software house....  richdave | 07/10/06
Great, can see the crappy code  Boot_Agnostic | 07/10/06
This is excellent  Quebec-french | 07/10/06
NBMers shouldn't fear Notes  Chad_z | 07/10/06
Still laughing  TonyMcS | 07/10/06
Hope you're running RHEL4  UncleBubba | 07/10/06
Sorta  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/10/06

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