Several big heads have already written/discussed a lot about Lotussphere 2008. Since I work on Lotus Notes, I think I too can write some thing about it. Since I'm just a developer(others call me like that), I will write some thing that is directly related to the developers
1. Future of Lotus Notes:
"During the Lotusphere 2008 closing session, Lotus VP Marjorie Tenzer announced that Lotusphere will be right back here next January....and the January after that, and the January after that, and so on, and so on, with a contract through 2015." Got this details from Edbrils blog
Based on the VP's remark, I assume IBM will continue to support/enhance Lotus products for another 7 Years. So as a developer, I no need to worry about my career for at least next 7 years.
2. Project Atlantic:
IBM and SAP are in the process of developing a tool which can connect SAP and Lotus Notes. Imagine, if you can access the ERP data from SAP server on your email client, how cool the system would be. If such a tool hits the market, I'm sure that the demand for Lotus Notes developer would be high.
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So fellow developers, don't loose your hope on Lotus Notes. Cheer up :-)
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
First time
I have been developing lotus notes application for 2.5+ Years.
But today for the first time I saw a Live Lotus notes application being used by an end user. To be more clear i came across an Lotus Notes application being used in my bank (I don't own the bank, I Just have an account). Still they are using R5. The guy who i meet was struggling with the application and the mail client. When I just enquired him about how comfortable he is with that application and mail client, the answer I got was, "To do any action, i need to click too many buttons and i have to search for the buttons. The error message are not understandable".
After hearing that, I'm just confused, does notes is really tough for the end users? or does the user don't have any exposure to notes/computer environment.
But today for the first time I saw a Live Lotus notes application being used by an end user. To be more clear i came across an Lotus Notes application being used in my bank (I don't own the bank, I Just have an account). Still they are using R5. The guy who i meet was struggling with the application and the mail client. When I just enquired him about how comfortable he is with that application and mail client, the answer I got was, "To do any action, i need to click too many buttons and i have to search for the buttons. The error message are not understandable".
After hearing that, I'm just confused, does notes is really tough for the end users? or does the user don't have any exposure to notes/computer environment.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Will Lotus Notes Survive
Ed Brill and Alalepofsky in their blogs continuously praise Lotus Notes 8 and created a impression on me that Lotus Notes is having a gr8 future.
But I believe in the real market condition is against Lotus Notes. One of World's biggest Financial institution with operation over 75 countries is migrating their applications to Share Point form Lotus Notes. I think this is a big blow for lotus notes. I think its the right time for me to change the technology or I need to have knowledge in some other technology so that i can survive.
I'm bit confused on what to learn.
But I believe in the real market condition is against Lotus Notes. One of World's biggest Financial institution with operation over 75 countries is migrating their applications to Share Point form Lotus Notes. I think this is a big blow for lotus notes. I think its the right time for me to change the technology or I need to have knowledge in some other technology so that i can survive.
I'm bit confused on what to learn.
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