Talks about IBM Corp’s Lotus Development Corp licensing Netscape Communications Corp’s Navigator as the Web browser for a future release Notes have collapsed, Reuter reported – but neither side would even confirm that the two had been in such talks. It was widely perceived that Lotus needed Netscape a whole lot more than Netscape needed Lotus. Lotus has added Internet features to the Notes 4.0, including its own Web browser, and has just finished the beta version of Notes 4.5, an interim version of the upcoming Domino rewrite which will be based entirely on Internet standards. Domino will support any browser and Notes 4.5 can use Navigator or Explorer.
