Reading Chicago Tribune coverage almost makes me homesick.... LOL
When IBM introduced a version of Lotus Notes that runs on the desktop computers using the Linux operating system this month, it was a sign of confidence that open-source software is gaining market traction.I found this observation interesting:
Lotus Notes, the popular collaboration and e-mail software, has operated on Windows machines for 16 years and Apple's Mac computers for more than a decade, said Ed Brill, IBM's Chicago-based Lotus strategy executive.
No one expects Linux to make a big dent in Microsoft's dominance in desktop operating systems, but trends that suggest Linux will enjoy "a gentle adoption curve," said Patrick Kerpan, a founder of the Chicago software start-up CohesiveFT.I think this is a very insightful comment...each of those UIs has its own characteristics, but we all float in and out of a number of different usability experiences throughout our days.
About one-third of today's workforce has been using computers since childhood, Kerpan noted, and they are more comfortable moving from one computer interface to another than older workers may be.
"They use cell phones, iPods, X-Boxes and on and on," he said. "Each machine has a different interface, and they don't care. They just tear into them."
Link: Chicago Tribune: Linux gains traction in software market >
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vowe dot net http://vowe.net/archives/007495.html | 7/24/2006 4:43:41 PM
After all this hype, I just had to look at the "Notes client" for Linux. Here is what you get: a 390 megabyte zip file. Yes, that's right. A zip file. If you unpack the zip file, you get a 170 megabyte binary with the Notes plugin, a 200 megabyte...
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Josef Prusa | 7/31/2006 9:46:44 AM
Funny, there seems to be a problem with response counting here. There were two comments here, but the front page claimed there was just one. Let's see if my comment will put it right.
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Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 7/31/2006 10:30:48 AM
the second one is a "trackback"... I haven't yet modified the blog design to treat trackbacks separately
It's funny, when I did my A-levels, I'd heard of Linux and never heard of Notes.
Then, when taking my first job, the perspective swapped.
And now, finally, they've merged into one.
It's a great move by IBM. It may not be the most popular choice of platform, but neither is AS/400 for Domino...but it still allows flexibility and choice.