Traditionally, Notes/Domino developers have thought of Sharepoint as competing with WebSphere Portal (and now Workplace). So it's still the same ol' Notes versus Exchange smackdown, and Sharepoint is an entirely different market, right? Listen, and listen good. You need to stop thinking that way immediately. All of these Sharepoint apps compete directly with Lotus Notes.
Julian you are simply brilliant. Oh and did I mention to be sure and read the comments.
Technorati: IBM Lotus Notes Domino Sharepoint
[Via GarryL on John Heads blog]
Comment posted by Julian Robichaux08/02/2006 09:03:19 AM
Homepage: http://www.nsftools.com
Holy crap, I forgot all about that. I can't believe Garry managed to find it.
And brilliant is not the right word. Not even close. Just sayin' what I see, that's all.
Comment posted by Ed Maloney08/02/2006 10:01:13 AM
Looks like quite a hornet's nest getting stirred up here. Unfortunately it seems that gathering customer feedback from blogs is alternately "very important" or insignificant to IBM depending on the topic. How often does a topic generate this level of interest on so many Domino blogs?
I don't know how much bigger a stick I need to get beaten with before I accept that it's time to do something else for a living. And no... it won't be Websphere.
Comment posted by Jeff Crossett08/02/2006 10:02:33 AM
Homepage: http://www.crossedConnections.org/w
Microsoft takes a while to get it right, but they eventually do. They have alot of work ahead, but it is getting tough to downplay the capabilities of the .NET/Sharepoint strategy. Although it does not help that I work for a non-profit organization that gets MS products at a 66% discount.
We are in the final phases of determining if we can drop our Documentum platform in favor of the Sharepoint document libraries. They do not look like much on the surface, but are pretty amazing under the hood.
Comment posted by Julian Robichaux08/02/2006 10:27:24 AM
Homepage: http://www.nsftools.com
BTW, the Corante article that I linked to there isn't coming up right now. Here's a link to the article in the Google cache:
http://google.com/search?q=cache:www.corante.com/getreal/archives/2005/08/03/is_microsoft_buying_the_market.php
Comment posted by John Head08/02/2006 11:41:47 AM
Homepage: http://www.johndavidhead.com
Julian was right on back then. And one year later, there is still a need.
Comment posted by Bruce08/02/2006 11:47:28 AM
@John,
IBM is a big boy. I think they are going to do something for "their" product. Let's watch and see. As for me I will continue to support OpenNTF and it's mission which is:
"to provide a framework for the community to develop open source applications for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino which may be freely distributed"
Comment posted by Alan Lepofsky08/02/2006 07:14:05 PM
Homepage: http://www.alanlepofsky.net
Ed, I can't disagree with you more. The community's opinions are VERY important to IBM, I am not sure why you think otherwise. MANY IBMers follow the topics on the blogsphere, and not just the ones we agree with.
Comment posted by Ed Maloney08/03/2006 03:32:25 AM
@Alan - I seem to remember a senior blue manager who likes to say "code talks..." Where's the code? The standard templates have been in need of a major upate for a long time now. Overwhelming opinion on the blogs has been that IBM needs to do something in this space to remain competitive.
Comment posted by Ben Poole08/04/2006 03:53:06 AM
Homepage: http://benpoole.com
I think there are notable individuals within IBM who "get it" and follow commentary in the community (I don't just mean weblogs) -- and from the outside we're probably only aware of a fraction of the people doing that.
But whether that actually translates into action within an organisation as massive as IBM is another matter entirely.
