Notes/Domino software design review

September 23 2007

Last week, IBM held a Notes/Domino software design review in our labs in Westford, Massachusetts.  A number of customers and business partners were invited to discuss the plans for the next major feature release (and beyond) of Notes and Domino.  The information shared was covered by non-disclosure agreement, so you won't see much written about it.  But I wanted to give the development team, and the partners and customers who participated, a big-time public shout-out, because even without being there, it's clear to me that this meeting was a huge success.  

I received numerous proactive "wow that was amazing" e-mails and pings over the course of the session.  Nathan Freeman blogged about several of the cool things seen and discussed (and even somehow managed to barely stay within the bounds of his NDA, pretty impressive).  I heard over and over about three or four significant plans for Domino's next release and how great they'll be.

So, for those who weren't there -- make your plans now for Lotusphere 2008.  I think you'll be impressed to see how we follow up Notes/Domino 8 and the already-announced 8.0.1 plans.

Ed Brill | Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Notes and Domino 8  Add/View Comments [15]

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  1. 1  Julian Woodward http://blog.woowar.com | 9/23/2007 12:02:08 PM

    Now that's just teasing .... ;-)

  1. 2  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 9/23/2007 2:10:28 PM

    It was a great two days ... the future looks exciting :-)

  1. 3  Julian Woodward http://blog.woowar.com | 9/23/2007 5:08:15 PM

    Future:

    2006 = gosh, there might even BE a future

    2007 = yup, there really is a future, and it's quite promising

    2008 = "exciting", "cool", "paradigm changing"

    See you in Orlando ...

  1. 4  Ed Maloney  | 9/23/2007 6:28:04 PM

    Yup, as one who was fortunate enough to attend the design review I can say that there are MANY amazing new features on the way. IBM is definitely listening to their customers and it shows. Great work by all involved.

  1. 5  Nathan T. Freeman http://nathan.lotus911.com | 9/23/2007 6:54:39 PM

    I was very careful about that, Ed. Made sure I didn't mention a thing that hadn't already been covered elsewhere, except maybe that FIPS 140-2 is.... byzantine.

    After all, you'll note that I didn't even mention that it was an SDR. Just that I was in Westford.

    Now you ruined my plan to tease people about a job interview. ;-)

  1. 6  Keith Brooks http://lotustech.blogspot.com | 9/23/2007 8:23:45 PM

    Great to hear you can impress Nathan, that goes a long way!

    Looks like a great 'Sphere coming up.

  1. 7  Dan Sickles  | 9/23/2007 8:59:19 PM

    "make your plans now for Lotusphere 2008" - So how are the reg numbers so far? I'm in.

  1. 8  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 9/23/2007 9:18:58 PM

    @7 that's a good question - I haven't asked yet. Been busy trying to select sessions :)

  1. 9  Peter Wilson  | 9/23/2007 10:29:06 PM

    I look forward to a decent Redo feature to go with Undo (sigh)

    Pete

  1. 10  Rob McDonagh http://www.CaptainOblivious.com | 9/23/2007 11:04:41 PM

    I'll add my voice to the approving chorus and admit that I was one of those emailing Ed to rave about some things I saw. And believe me, those things were well worth raving about. I don't hesitate to point out when I think IBM has screwed up, so its only fair to give them their due when they get things right. They got a LOT of things right on Thursday and Friday. And I'd tell you more, but then I'd have to kill you. heh

    Oh, and I don't publicize the name of the company for which I work (for various reasons), but I don't work for a business partner or an ISV, I work for a customer. I think it is a Very Good Thing that IBM includes its customers in the design review process. How better to listen to your customers than to sit them down with your development teams?

  1. 11  Jim Casale  | 9/24/2007 5:02:23 AM

    This is great news!! Now I can explain to my wife why I HAVE to go to Lotusphere this year ;-)

  1. 12  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 9/24/2007 9:42:52 AM

    Andrew Pollack wrote some thoughts on the Software Design Review at

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  1. 13  Randy Smith http://www.certprimer.com | 9/24/2007 4:32:50 PM

    @11 - Just e-mail her a link to this topic. I'm sure she'll understand. :-)

  1. 14  Denny http://www.sherpasoftware.com/blogs/SherpaBlog.nsf/ | 9/25/2007 10:22:26 AM

    Love the way things are heading. Great work all.

    Maybe this isn't the place for it but I'll make a comment on one thing I would LOVE to see changed. Can we get the Client, Administrator, and Designer to be truly separate from each other? Why if one is busy, are my other 2 'clients' busy. I love to be able to send a large attachment in my email, and be able to jump back over to Desinger and not have it tied up by my email client. Just a thought.

  1. 15  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 9/25/2007 6:43:28 PM

    @14 - the engineering team has looked at this many times, and it's very very very difficult to do. Since this is not something that affects end-users (other than the grumpiness of their admins/developers), it just hasn't been as prioritized as some other things (and even if it was, no guarantees considering the Notes architecture).

    @all - Rob McDonagh has chimed in now as well.

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