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Re: Lotusphere 2012: The Good, The Bad, and The UglyRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2012-02-06T08:38:51-05:00

@Steve... Thanks for the clarification. So is that my mistake or IBM marketing's for failing to get the message to me? :)@Steve... Thanks for the clarification. So is that my mistake or IBM marketing's for failing to get the message to me? :)

Re: Lotusphere 2012: The Good, The Bad, and The UglyRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2012-02-06T07:17:32-05:00

LotusLive is being rebranded "IBM SmartCloud" (Notes).LotusLive is being rebranded "IBM SmartCloud" (Notes).

Re: Lotusphere 2012: The Good, The Bad, and The UglyRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2012-02-05T18:37:42-05:00

Great write-up. One nitpick: your statement that GBS College Day involved "over" 400 students is technically correct, though a bit misleading. Approximately 750 students participated, so yes, that is "over" 400, in that it's almost double. ;)Great write-up. One nitpick: your statement that GBS College Day involved "over" 400 students is technically correct, though a bit misleading. Approximately 750 students participated, so yes, that is "over" 400, in that it's almost double. ;)

Re: Getting The Most From LotusphereRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2012-01-11T02:07:14-05:00

Good overview Peter.
The only thing I would like to add, is visit the other labs too: Developers and Research.Good overview Peter. The only thing I would like to add, is visit the other labs too: Developers and Research.

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino Awakening - Part 3RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2012-01-02T10:41:04-05:00

Many words were said about XPiNC but still it is a web server running on a client machine, it will probably be acceptable over time but not today. When developers running their developer PCs with double quad-core Xeon processors, 16 GB RAM and solid state drives can just run it, most of end user machines, especially in corporate environments, will be unable to do so. Most of corporate machines can hardly run Windows 7, not saying a word about XPiNC! I receive complaints about Notes Mail performance with Java views on our weak computers, I won't even bother trying to run XPages apps on these clients. And this will not change in any foreseeable future, because you can have perfect server engine but you can't ever port it completely to a regular user PC at the same moment of time. I believe that Eclipse and CAs is what makes Notes client alive for the next few years until we see something completely different.Many words were said about XPiNC but still it is a web server running on a client machine, it will probably be acceptable over time but not today. When developers running their developer PCs with double quad-core Xeon processors, 16 GB RAM and solid state...

Re: RAT -- Part I: Rapid Application TestingRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-11-30T05:55:43-05:00

Looking forwards to reading your articles - I have become a convert to unit testing, and the concept of test-driven development, but have found it applicable only when using Java and the excellent Junit. In classical Notes development and Xpages development (apart from those bits that can be coded as managed beans) I am still struggling to find cool ways to test the applications automatically. I also do some testing with Autouser, which is OK but needs some polishing here and there. How are your tests actually made? is it a document that you type into, or are they procedures that you run?Looking forwards to reading your articles - I have become a convert to unit testing, and the concept of test-driven development, but have found it applicable only when using Java and the excellent Junit. In classical Notes development and Xpages development...

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino Awakening - Part 3RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-10-19T02:24:01-04:00

Brilliant vision, Peter. Inspires me to master the new Mobile & Social controls in 8.5.3 and to sit the new IBM Advanced XPage Design exam (LOT-922). C'mon the explosion !!Brilliant vision, Peter. Inspires me to master the new Mobile & Social controls in 8.5.3 and to sit the new IBM Advanced XPage Design exam (LOT-922). C'mon the explosion !!

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino Awakening - Part 3RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-10-17T11:40:43-04:00

Success is relative to your expectations. The first XPages contest was considered successful why shouldn't the second !?Success is relative to your expectations. The first XPages contest was considered successful why shouldn't the second !?

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino Awakening - Part 3RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-10-17T02:25:23-04:00

"Java will become the dominant programming language..." Didn't we hear that before? If this is true it might be wise to provide better education material that help LS developers make that shift (e.g. developerWorks).

"we, the first generation of social applications developers, not only understand how to build applications that exploit this technology, but how to use social media itself. "

Do we understand this? Is the 2nd contest on OpenNTF successful so far?"Java will become the dominant programming language..." Didn't we hear that before? If this is true it might be wise to provide better education material that help LS developers make that shift (e.g. developerWorks). "we, the first generation of social...

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino Awakening - Part 2RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-10-12T22:06:14-04:00

For the record, I would give up my smart phone mobile device in a nanosecond !!!!For the record, I would give up my smart phone mobile device in a nanosecond !!!!

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino AwakeningRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-10-11T05:41:42-04:00

Can we not have these key features by reverse engineering? Meaning: have them also available in previous versions than 8.5.3.

In what timespan have most companies upgrades to 8.5.3 planned?

A problem I see is that IBM is depending on administrators/developers to implement these upgrades. If time = losing customers than I would come with a smart way to silent implement upgrades ;-)Can we not have these key features by reverse engineering? Meaning: have them also available in previous versions than 8.5.3. In what timespan have most companies upgrades to 8.5.3 planned? A problem I see is that IBM is depending on administrators/devel...

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino AwakeningRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-10-09T17:34:56-04:00

People are getting the value of SHARING information and getting their heads out of their inbox. Finally!

Now if we can collectively promote the power of platform over perception, then Domino (at least) has a rosy future.People are getting the value of SHARING information and getting their heads out of their inbox. Finally! Now if we can collectively promote the power of platform over perception, then Domino (at least) has a rosy future.

Re: Notes 8.5.3: The Notes/Domino AwakeningRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-10-09T13:05:07-04:00

http://ntf.gbs.com/nathan/escape.nsf/D6Plinks/NTFN-7RK2QH

;-)http://ntf.gbs.com/nathan/escape.nsf/D6Plinks/NTFN-7RK2QH ;-)

Re: Replacing Notes? Here's How It Really Goes Down!RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-27T08:27:10-04:00

The planning never covers everything. My customer let go all the Domino admins last year as they thought they would be mad. They migrate the mail and only took 4 months more then planned. No mail was migrated, you had to forward any mail you wanted to save. What they forgot was to order sharepoint for the apps to migrate to. For over a year I've been maintaining 5 v6.5 servers running DominoDoc 6.5. They still haven't come up with anything more then, it will just go into Sharepoint. There is 900gb of documents in DomDoc.The planning never covers everything. My customer let go all the Domino admins last year as they thought they would be mad. They migrate the mail and only took 4 months more then planned. No mail was migrated, you had to forward any mail you wanted to save....

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-06T20:22:50-04:00

Peter, My thoughts are the same as yours, to do this session, but not sure which audience is truly wanting it.
You have die hard admin/devs that want to fend off the attack from execs, but the truth is many of them are too late.
The progressive stance I have taken on my blog and in person the last few months has been more about how admins and devs can better help themselves stay with IBM.
If the execs don't know what benefits they gain, even new ones, then there is none and off they go to Gmail or Exchange. You may want to touch on Gmail migrations too.
When a new exec comes in and hears and sees about what the Domino apps and mail are doing for them, it makes them think, a little, about their choice to move off it. By encouraging people to provide updated reports and details that are relevant to the business lines and operations, it encourages more usage.
The downside of a migration is not a care to many execs for reasons Nathan hit on, among other reasons.
Just my thoughts.
Be happy to work on it with you if you wanted my help.Peter, My thoughts are the same as yours, to do this session, but not sure which audience is truly wanting it. You have die hard admin/devs that want to fend off the attack from execs, but the truth is many of them are too late. The progressive stance I have...

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-06T20:22:29-04:00

We have a company now insisting that all email over 60 days get archived locally via polices since they can't migrate it over properly to Exchange. Let's not get into calendaring issues.We have a company now insisting that all email over 60 days get archived locally via polices since they can't migrate it over properly to Exchange. Let's not get into calendaring issues.

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-06T12:36:57-04:00

Thks Nathan and all the others who have contacted me with suggestions. I have modified the presentation to incorporate many of the changes. This presentation has quikcly become an example of the power of collaboration and social business.Thks Nathan and all the others who have contacted me with suggestions. I have modified the presentation to incorporate many of the changes. This presentation has quikcly become an example of the power of collaboration and social business.

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-06T12:08:47-04:00

For the mail migration, there are other scenarios...

1) Once the project has begun and been properly sized, the Exchange administrators realize the expense and danger of combining the contents of thousands of individual email file stores into one giant post office file. Historic email will therefore not be migrated, and users will be told to make local copies of whatever Notes mail they need to be able to reference in the future.

2) Push back from scenario 1 is too great, so instead the migration team timeboxes how far back they'll migrate email. "The last 6 months will be migrated to Exchange" is a typical example.

In the case of application migration, it's much messier. Once the project has begun, the victim discovers that because their Notes apps were created organically over a period of a decade, they have no specs, documentation or test plans. Therefore the migration team has no metric to define success of the new target system. Instead of "migrating" the apps, they become a ground-up redesign of the entire business process. The investment is enormous.

And because the new platform's data model is completely different than the original Notes app, there is only a one-time move from the existing app to the new one for ALL users, creating a huge risk point for switching the entire business.For the mail migration, there are other scenarios... 1) Once the project has begun and been properly sized, the Exchange administrators realize the expense and danger of combining the contents of thousands of individual email file stores into one giant post...

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-05T23:13:19-04:00

@Richard. I actually had a client not all that long ago that had a senior executive who insisted on using Outlook for mail (Notes was std)... Several months later the executive's PC had a virus courtesy of an e-mail opened in Outlook. Needless to say Notes then became the standard on EVERYONE's desk! After your comment I checked and found a few articles published over the past year about the continuing threat of viruses with Outlook. But I take your point and have updated the presentation to exclude that slide.@Richard. I actually had a client not all that long ago that had a senior executive who insisted on using Outlook for mail (Notes was std)... Several months later the executive's PC had a virus courtesy of an e-mail opened in Outlook. Needless to say Notes...

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-05T20:41:14-04:00

You raise plenty of valid points, but if you're going to make a point out of closed meetings with "outdated and misleading information", then you really should not be including your own outdated facts and misleading information. I.e., there hasn't been a significant Outlook-borne virus outbreak in years.You raise plenty of valid points, but if you're going to make a point out of closed meetings with "outdated and misleading information", then you really should not be including your own outdated facts and misleading information. I.e., there hasn't been a...

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-05T20:35:31-04:00

Good idea Ian... Although wouldn't that be a bit like asking for evidence for a sighting of the Tasmanian Tiger, Big Foot, or a Yetti!Good idea Ian... Although wouldn't that be a bit like asking for evidence for a sighting of the Tasmanian Tiger, Big Foot, or a Yetti!

Re: New Presentation: Replacing Lotus Notes?RecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-09-05T20:19:49-04:00

As a challenge, why don't you ask for examples of organizations that have sucessfully completed such a migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft and have actually completed their project on time and on budget, and have actually achieved a lower total cost of ownership.

If any projects are offered, they should also provide a full disclosure of the value of any discounting or financial incentives offered by Microsoft to facilitate the migration and the value of if any free or discounted support offered by Microsoft to aid in the migration.

Ideally, any project examples offered should also include a mixture of email migration as well as all application migration or redevelopment costs. Additionally, these projects should disclose the number of IT staff needed to support the Lotus Notes environment prior to the migration and the number of staff needed to support an equivalent environment after the migration.As a challenge, why don't you ask for examples of organizations that have sucessfully completed such a migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft and have actually completed their project on time and on budget, and have actually achieved a lower total cost of...

Re: AUSLUG Day 1 - Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, OiRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-08-30T06:19:42-04:00

@Brian. Sorry about that. I was using a number quoted to me from someone here who was also at Paclug.@Brian. Sorry about that. I was using a number quoted to me from someone here who was also at Paclug.

Re: AUSLUG Day 1 - Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, OiRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-08-29T19:15:50-04:00

Sounds like fun! Wish I could be there.
One thing - you're off on the PACLUG attendance numbers - 200 signed up, 125 attended.Sounds like fun! Wish I could be there. One thing - you're off on the PACLUG attendance numbers - 200 signed up, 125 attended.

Re: AUSLUG Day 1 - Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, OiRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-08-29T18:05:22-04:00

"the ability to relocate the view indexes on servers"

Umm, you meant to say FULL TEXT INDEXES. Big difference there, many."the ability to relocate the view indexes on servers" Umm, you meant to say FULL TEXT INDEXES. Big difference there, many.

Re: 12 Months Later And Notes Has Never Been In Better ShapeRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-07-29T03:11:18-04:00

" While some sections of the community bitched endlessly about IBM not marketing to students and the education sector"

every crisis is also an opportunity, so well done of GBS" While some sections of the community bitched endlessly about IBM not marketing to students and the education sector" every crisis is also an opportunity, so well done of GBS

Re: 12 Months Later And Notes Has Never Been In Better ShapeRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-07-04T02:11:22-04:00

Great article Peter. Seems to be a lot of "Chicken Little" going on, but from where I'm sitting Notes and Domino will be around for a while yet and XPages is providing a way forward that really looks promising. Not quite time to panic.

As for the blogging thing, I appreciate all the stuff I read from my daily check of Planet Lotus, so I'm trying to comment more so that bloggers get the occasional appreciative fence-sitter to balance out all the kool-aiders and attack kittens. :) Keep it up!

I'm also pleased to see that the meat pie is catching on in the US - I can remember spending a month in Canada dying for a pie and sauce. Don't think I could live in a town with no pies. :)

-BrendanGreat article Peter. Seems to be a lot of "Chicken Little" going on, but from where I'm sitting Notes and Domino will be around for a while yet and XPages is providing a way forward that really looks promising. Not quite time to panic. As for the blogging...

Re: 12 Months Later And Notes Has Never Been In Better ShapeRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-07-03T22:24:57-04:00

Peter, An excellent post.
Many ways to look at the current situation and that is what we are seeing and hearing lately.
My discussions last week at The View provided some insights and I think one will find the more you attend LUG and similar events, and see and hear others not from the yellow bubble, the more you feel better about the world around you.Peter, An excellent post. Many ways to look at the current situation and that is what we are seeing and hearing lately. My discussions last week at The View provided some insights and I think one will find the more you attend LUG and similar events, and see...

Re: 12 Months Later And Notes Has Never Been In Better ShapeRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-07-03T13:36:08-04:00

@Peter

I completely agree. Please know that most will not be judging your posts, comments, etc, and will not be assigning you to a tribe. Those that do - let them know. My guess is that they are acting in such a way because they care about the products (which is no excuse, but it is hard for some to stay respectful when arguing about something deeply cared for).

Again, I think that the Lotus Community is pretty awesome, and worth trying to save.

Cheers@Peter I completely agree. Please know that most will not be judging your posts, comments, etc, and will not be assigning you to a tribe. Those that do - let them know. My guess is that they are acting in such a way because they care about the products...

Re: 12 Months Later And Notes Has Never Been In Better ShapeRecommendationsYellow-X-Pres - Comments

2011-07-03T10:55:58-04:00

@Samuel... I have absolutely no issue with dissent in the community. A healthy community is always going to be one in which its members feel encouraged to bring forward differing views and perspectives. (IMHO) It doesn't remain healthy when we start to follow a sub-plot from George Orwell's Animal Farm. All opinions are equal except that some are more equal than others. When to have a view on a topic that is positive and/or consistent with IBM's it is considered to "drinking the Koo-aide". To disagree with an anti-IBM view is to be labelled an "attack kitten". If I post a view that differs with others it does not have to mean I do not live in the real world or that my motives are solely to feature in "What's Hot" on Planetlotus. At the moment we seem to be becoming tribal based upon whose opinions we support. I don't want to be part of any specific tribe, not even a "GBS tribe". When that happens we seem to start out with the position that the other tribe are always wrong no mater what they are saying.@Samuel... I have absolutely no issue with dissent in the community. A healthy community is always going to be one in which its members feel encouraged to bring forward differing views and perspectives. (IMHO) It doesn't remain healthy when we start to...

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