Julian Robichaux found the updated IBM Lotus Domino applications and the IBM Workplace technical strategy whitepaper on lotus.com and lived to tell about it...
[M]uch to my surprise, much of the whitepaper actually talked about the strength of Notes/Domino as an application development platform. It wasn't "Yeah, Notes was great while it lasted, but here's what you're moving to"; it was more like, "Domino is still the right choice for certain types of development: here's where you should use Workplace, and here's where you should continue using Domino, and here's how they can work together."It's interesting that Julian has received a whole bunch of comments for the (admittedly hysterically funny) reprint of "I'm a USER, BABY" lyrics, but nobody has chimed in as to their perspective on this whitepaper. It's been around for a while, actually -- over a year -- but was recently updated. Glad to see that the update is on-target for Julian, hopefully others will find it useful, too.
I have to admit, I was floored. I've heard a lot of talk about how Notes isn't going away, but this is really the first thing I've read that I could print out and lay down on my manager's desk and say, "See, IBM is telling us to keep using Notes." Which is what I did. ...
And again, it's in language that managers can understand. That's always nice.
Link: Julian Robichaux: Notes/Domino and the Workplace Strategy >
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Julian Robichaux http://www.nsftools.com | 5/27/2005 7:55:19 PM
And the silence continues to be deafening (holiday weekend in the U.S., if that's any excuse).
I actually found an old version of the white paper on my computer today. It was from September 2003, I think. I vaguely remembered having read it, but honestly I didn't correlate the current paper as a revision of the old one until you mentioned it. There weren't a lot of giant changes to the document, but it seems to come across much more pro-Domino in the latest incarnation.
After I finished reading the original version, I felt like all of our old Domino apps would probably work with Workplace if I did this or this or this, but I ought to start moving over to Workplace. After I finished reading the new version, I felt like I could have my cake (Domino) and eat it too (within Workplace).
All in all, a subtle but welcome change in the message.
- Julian
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Axel Janssen | 5/29/2005 4:46:58 PM
in spring 2006, Ibm will buy interface21.
Great white paper! I'll share with our management. Thanks Julian and Bill.