We are using Notes 7 where I work, and I'm not a big fan. Maybe I'll like it better when/if we go to version 8.
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IBM Previews Lotus iNotes For iPhone
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Agree completely; I have worked with MS, Notes and now MAC and I agree with an earlier poster than Notes was so bad it actually made MS look neat, well-integrated, and seamlessly structured. Lists of percentages and companies using Notes fail to convince, especially when so much user feedback is so dire. My real query here is, what is a super company like Apple thinking of to contemplate using such software on its iPhone? I am lost for words. Cheers
Huh? What version were you working on? MS Products are like heliocopters - thousands of parts flying in close formation, all trying to break apart. What is the basis for your comment? Hell, Sharepoint is AD + IIS + MS SQL + more + more . How is that integrated and seamless?
I'm running 3k + users across two boxes in two data centres with fully active/active clustering and load balancing (all built in, no extra products, no shared data store) and my only performance limitations are due to the underlying OS which is Windows! Oh, and the choice of WIndows was not mine - it was forced upon me, much to managment's now obvious regret. We're going to Linux soon to get away from Windows 2003's hardwired limitations for memory and disk. Not like I could get away from Windows if we were using a MS-based solution.
Your loss for words does not lend our posting any additional viability.
Source of the information is from IBM/customer data
The source of this data is from IBM customer data purchases and relationships where we know which companies use our product and when they pay IBM for maintenance, support and upgrades. This is public information and updated each year at Lotusphere.
The source of this data is from IBM customer data purchases and relationships where we know which companies use our product and when they pay IBM for maintenance, support and upgrades. This is public information and updated each year at Lotusphere.
just curious which you think is better
You say your hospital just migrated from groupwise to exchange. I'm curious which version to which version and, so far, which you like better.
You say your hospital just migrated from groupwise to exchange. I'm curious which version to which version and, so far, which you like better.
Was it Apple or IBM that though of this?
You ask why Apple would contemplate this. But wasn't it IBM that's initiating this connection? Either way, why not? It makes good business sense considering there's such a large use base using notes. And it's an in-road to corporate America. Integrating exchange is like including earwax. It's there but no one really wants to do anything but clean it out.
You ask why Apple would contemplate this. But wasn't it IBM that's initiating this connection? Either way, why not? It makes good business sense considering there's such a large use base using notes. And it's an in-road to corporate America. Integrating exchange is like including earwax. It's there but no one really wants to do anything but clean it out.
Thanks to crapeyes for drawing my attention to the fact that IBM, rather than Apple, have initiated this. Fair enough.
Re dunmac, and my loss for words, my point remains valid as it is based on personal - if reluctant - experience. The choice of Notes was not mine; at the time I used it, I worked in the public service where our section used it. I'll readily concede that it was considerably earlier this decade, and the package used was probably not the most up-to-date. Earlier posts on this thread have pointed out, very fairly, that sometimes the fault lies with the institution or company, rather than with the software package. Perhaps, and I do see the point.
However, I reiterate that Notes was the worst - by far - system that I have ever worked with, and it has left me with an intense prejudice against the software. I'm delighted to learn that it has improved, but, again, this was my experience at the time; indeed, it was the only package that managed to make MS look good; I have no love for MS, after all, I'm a recent switcher. Cheers.
Re dunmac, and my loss for words, my point remains valid as it is based on personal - if reluctant - experience. The choice of Notes was not mine; at the time I used it, I worked in the public service where our section used it. I'll readily concede that it was considerably earlier this decade, and the package used was probably not the most up-to-date. Earlier posts on this thread have pointed out, very fairly, that sometimes the fault lies with the institution or company, rather than with the software package. Perhaps, and I do see the point.
However, I reiterate that Notes was the worst - by far - system that I have ever worked with, and it has left me with an intense prejudice against the software. I'm delighted to learn that it has improved, but, again, this was my experience at the time; indeed, it was the only package that managed to make MS look good; I have no love for MS, after all, I'm a recent switcher. Cheers.
Meh, I'd sooner use sneaker net than deal with it.
Or what you could do is use the enterprise collaboration middleware which Sun sells