Lotus Notes and Domino 8 now shipping

August 17 2007

Please note that this entry is "post-dated" in order to stay at the top of the blog on Friday...watch below for news coverage and whatever else comes along today.

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It has been more than two years since Notes "Hannover" was announced at the Deutsche Notes Users Group in Hannover, Germany.  Finally, the day has arrived that so many of us -- at IBM, business partners, customers -- have been waiting for.

Not everything I wrote then has come to fruition in today's product release, but it's remarkably accurate in terms of promises delivered.  Notes 8 represents a major step forward for the Notes client -- what I've been telling the press this week is the most important release of Notes in about a decade's time.  Notes 8 addresses near-term needs and provides long-term vision.  Notes and Domino 8 deliver some new and incredibly powerful capabilities, all while respecting core tenets about compatibility, customer control, and business value.  

There's tons of new content on ibm.com/lotus.  Much of it started showing up on Tuesday, when the channel announcement hit.  You can get to it all through http://ibm.com/lotus/notesanddomino or the existing http://ibm.com/lotus/getnd8now.  Alan Lepofsky has started a Notes/Domino 8 resources page on his blog.  developerWorks is publishing new articles, such as Susan Bulloch's deep-dive on Notes 8 mail recall.  And there will be more in the weeks and months ahead.  I'll be sure to highlight it all in subsequent blog entries.

In a press interview I did on Thursday, the reporter asked me about my personal goals and hopes for this new release.  The question was very interesting, because it appealed to my paternal instincts as much as any leadership or sales executive thoughts.  In some ways, thinking about a major product release like a birth is a tired analogy.  But that didn't stop the guys at Comporium from throwing Notes 8 a birthday party, or a former colleague from e-mailing me at 12:20 AM to say that he could see the part numbers in Passport Advantage.

In some ways, "Hannover" and I have already accomplished some of those personal goals and hopes.  At the time "Hannover" was conceived, the Notes business was at a relative nadir.  Lotus was putting out mixed or confused messages about the commitment to Notes.  Competitive pressure was high (not that it has ever stopped), but there was also damage we were doing to ourselves.  I don't think many realize how important the decisions that Ambuj Goyal and other IBM executives made back in 2004-2005 were to saving Lotus Notes.  

I took this job in August, 2004, to be part of the rebuilding mission.  And we've grown the Notes business substantially in those three years: financially, but also, just as important -- strategically.  Knowing that not only was there "a" future for Notes, but a future with a long-term vision, was exactly what the market needed in June, 2005 when we made the unorthodox decision to announce the subsequent version of Notes prior to shipping Notes/Domino 7.  In each fiscal quarter since, IBM has publicly reported year-to-year revenue growth for Notes/Domino...cumulatively, a very significant percentage.  This in a market that was seen as mature, and with a product that pundits love to declare, well, you know.

The other thing that has already been accomplished is confidence.  I sense the pride amongst the hundreds of Loti who built Notes/Domino 8, from the architects and coders to the sales and marketing teams to the support and services organizations and the operations and international staff.  There has been excitement throughout this project -- visible to you through Mary Beth Raven's weblog, Jan Kenney's forum postings, and Ron Sebastian's YouTube video.

And the community is spirited, too. Three years ago, who would have expected two people in Ireland to be able to sell out a Notes user group meeting, days after announcement?  That Lotusphere would grow back near pre-9/11 attendance numbers?  That there would be hundreds of bloggers writing about a set of 17-year-old products?  You all have made significant contributions to the success Notes and Domino have today.  One of those Irishmen, Mr. Mooney, noted this during the blogger birds-of-a-feather at Lotusphere this year...that we all as a community no longer needed to act as if we were isolated, defensive, constantly under siege.  With a growing market and an exciting future, there was no longer a need to be wary.

So what did I tell that reporter as for personal goals and hopes on the road ahead?  My main goals are two-fold.  

One, I believe that we need to leverage the great usability work that has gone into Notes 8 and spread that message as far and as quickly as possible.  It does no one any good to have a shiny new release of Notes, the first one designed with "users first", when there are journalists still running the R5 mail template and (understandably) hating it.  IBM will, for the first time in many years, be taking Notes 8 marketing messages to the end-user.  But we collectively need your help as well.  Users that are unhappy with Notes need to know that their issues have been addressed, whether they can be first on the upgrade list or it will take three years.  Lunch and learns, internal marketing, and pilot users are all ways to help the market overall.  I'm sure there will be lots more brainstorming and success stories in the blogosphere...I'm looking forward to Gregg and Tom providing some of those ideas, for example.

Two, in the long term, Notes 8 has to deliver on the transition from pure Notes/Domino applications to composite applications/mashups, and the value of Eclipse.  In ten years, it will simply be impossible to recruit new Lotuscript developers to build for a single client/server product.  Notes 8 can and will deliver much more value to organizations on top of what they already do with Notes today.  It will take time for this expanded role for Notes to mainstream, but it is critical to the future success of the product.  This single decision about the Notes 8 architecture is more important for that long-term than anything else being delivered in Notes 8.

I'm also really excited to see what happens now that the productivity editors are in the wild, that Open Document Format is available to millions as a supported product in their IT environments, and that users are moving beyond e-mail to the overall notion of contextual collaboration.  This is going to be exciting to watch.

Today, release day, there are way too many people to congratulate and thank for their efforts to make Notes and Domino 8 a successful release.  I want to name names, but I am desperately afraid I will forget some important people.  Most importantly, I want to thank you, the Notes community, for your commitment, belief, encouragement, and criticism over the last three years.  At this moment, I can't help but know, way deep down in my heart, we couldn't have done it without you.

Ed Brill Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Notes and Domino 8  Add/View Comments [88]

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  1. 1  Mathias Persson  | 8/17/2007 1:02:42 AM

    A great day! I am "hitting F5" all the time but still "no download available"... Maybe soon...

  1. 2  Luis Guevara  | 8/17/2007 1:12:15 AM

    Glad to know I'm not the only one waiting until midnight (central) for the download. I've been a Notes user since R4 and I don't think I have ever looked forward to a release of Notes like this one.

  1. 3  Fred Janssen http://www.bigbearfreddy.com | 8/17/2007 1:21:06 AM

    Still nothing on Partnerworld as of 08:20 am on CEDT.

    My F5 key getting wobbly.

  1. 4  Fred Janssen http://www.bigbearfreddy.com | 8/17/2007 1:24:03 AM

    Seconds ago a new "Install Shield Tuner for Lotus Notes Windows 2000, 2003 English (C84T5NA)" showed up omn Partnerworld...

  1. 5  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 8/17/2007 1:28:08 AM

    As soon as I get the Domino server down, the blog server is getting updated ... so FYI :-)

  1. 6  Peter Wilson  | 8/17/2007 1:37:17 AM

    Hi Ed and crew...congrats on a job well done. I look forward to even more usability features in Notes 8.0.X.

    How about some full page links on www.ibm.com? Show lots and lots of screen captures !

    To get to users...how about a lot of advertising specifically showing the interface? I know you won't have the marketing $$ of Microsoft, but something specific talking about Notes/Domino would be nice.

    All the best for this BUSY time !

    Pete

  1. 7  Colin Williams  | 8/17/2007 1:40:06 AM

    Thar she blows!

  1. 8  Darren Duke http://www.simplified-tech.com | 8/17/2007 1:42:49 AM

    2:40am Eastern it appeared on partnerworld ESD. Let tha games begin.....

  1. 9  Christian Tillmanns http://www.ligonet.ch | 8/17/2007 1:50:02 AM

    Congrats to all.

    3% are allready here.

  1. 10  Darren Duke http://www.simplified-tech.com | 8/17/2007 2:00:37 AM

    DownloadDirector doesn't seem to work. If you're having issues switch to http.

  1. 11  Axel  | 8/17/2007 2:05:10 AM

    Huge Congrats :-)

    Now I wish a mashup of eclipse/notes developer communities.

    My dream is to see one day a series of articles on notes.net by developers of well known openSource projects based on Eclipse technology like JLibrary, RSSOwl, etc.

    "OpenSource Eclipse Projects: Lessons learnt for those Notes Developers arrogant enough, to desperatedly sell themselves as Ecplipse experts".

    peace Axel

  1. 12  Frederic Antille  | 8/17/2007 2:18:10 AM

    New area begin NOW ;)

  1. 13  Stuart McIntyre http://quickrblog.com | 8/17/2007 2:45:47 AM

    Congrats to all those involved. A real sense of pride pervades your blog entry, Ed, and it is entirely appropriate.

    It feels a long way on from the dark days of 2004. Undoubtedly there will be disappointments and challenges in the months and years ahead, but we (IBM/Lotus and the community) are much better able to face them with ND8 in our kitbag.

    Let the downloads commence ;-)

  1. 14  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 8/17/2007 3:12:37 AM

    The PSC blog server is now running 8.0.0 Production :-)

  1. 15  Stuart McIntyre http://quickrblog.com | 8/17/2007 3:14:49 AM

    Ed, Domino 8 Server (Exterprise and Messaging) is listed for Windows/Linux/Solaris/iSeries, but no AIX. Is that expected?

  1. 16  Rob Novak http://www.LotusRockStar.com | 8/17/2007 3:23:32 AM

    Congratulations to everyone - IBMers, partners and customers. It is going to be a great day...

  1. 17  Paul Mooney http://www.pmooney.net | 8/17/2007 3:26:13 AM

    Ed, sincere congratulations on getting to this point. I am really looking forward to showing people the Notes8 client now and asking them to complain about the UI.

    You can feel the pride in the post above. And its very well deserved for all you guys.

  1. 18  Christer Eklundh  | 8/17/2007 4:07:16 AM

    download at 27 KB/Sec :-(

  1. 19  Dave Harris http://www.wavysworld.com | 8/17/2007 4:13:29 AM

    27? I'm at 16!!

    http is better, at 34.4, but it's still nothing close to what download director can normally achieve. I guess there must be quite a few of us at it

  1. 20  Paul Mooney http://www.pmooney.net | 8/17/2007 4:35:01 AM

    Yep... I love the fact IBM is being hammered for downloads for ND8 right now. Surely they should have learned from the beta downloads that there are thousands of people wanting to get their hands on this. Maybe they did learn, and there are just so many of us trying.

  1. 21  Phil West  | 8/17/2007 4:36:53 AM

    Congratulations everyone!

    No resting on laurels now, on to the the next version! ;-)

  1. 22  Darren Duke http://www.simplified-tech.com | 8/17/2007 4:44:52 AM

    @15, AIX is there, part number C13NHEN

  1. 23  Frederic Antille  | 8/17/2007 4:45:08 AM

    Wooow SameTime 7.5.1 Limited Use is out too ;) niiiiice

    Thanks !

  1. 24  Stuart McIntyre http://quickrblog.com | 8/17/2007 5:12:32 AM

    @22. It's there now. Thanks Darren.

  1. 25  Mathias Persson  | 8/17/2007 5:40:15 AM

    I had over 110KB/Sec... Really surprising!!

    Notes 8.0 installed and yes... It works... Thanks for the ability to upgrade from Beta 3! But, I think a reinstall might be the best option!? What do you think?

  1. 26  Dave Harris http://www.wavysworld.com | 8/17/2007 5:40:49 AM

    @20 I seem to recall similar delays happening with one of the public betas. It's good that the demand is this high, but it really could have been anticipated.

    That's not in any way intended to detract from what's a tremendous achievement. I can't wait to get this into production

  1. 27  Frederic Antille  | 8/17/2007 6:01:07 AM

    Is it possible to setup a ST 7.5.1 Limited Use on a LD 8.0.0 Srv or I definitly have an "old" LD 7.5.x server with the ST 7.5.1 (as describe in the PDF)?

  1. 28  Jim Casale  | 8/17/2007 6:02:42 AM

    I download at around 05:30 AM EST and was getting 976K. I only downloaded the client since I wont be able to do anything server installations over the next few days - I didn't want to be a bandwidth hog the first day.

  1. 29  Ben Rose http://www.jaffacake.net | 8/17/2007 6:18:59 AM

    Yes! RSS work through proxy.

    Yes! It's not slow

    Yes! I like i a lot.

  1. 30  Anthony pope http://filmfabric.com | 8/17/2007 6:44:00 AM

    Well done to all involved.

    When can we expect the MAC client release, we want to upgrade all our users asap.

  1. 31  Karen Demerly  | 8/17/2007 7:16:34 AM

    Congratulations, Ed and the Lotus team.

    I'm hoping we can hop on the Notes 8 party train within 9 months and end the buzz about a migration. With Notes 8, it sounds like all things are possible.

  1. 32  Bruce Elgort http://www.TakingNotesPodcast.com | 8/17/2007 7:22:51 AM

    Congratulations to the entire Lotus team on the release of Lotus Notes and Domino 8!

  1. 33  NeilT  | 8/17/2007 7:51:16 AM

    Congrats to everyone. Now it's time to see how it goes.

    Do I remember correctly that in the Beta phase it was stated that you could run a N8 mail template on a D6.5.x server??

    If so, part of Goal #1 is to get that out Loud and Clear to the customer base so that they can get the client updates out there and allow the users to feel the benefit.

    Naturally the server side stuff won't be there, but at least the users won't be waiting 12 months for a server upgrade to get the Look of the product.

  1. 34  Keith Brooks http://lotustech.blogspot.com | 8/17/2007 8:09:48 AM

    Excellent, haven't got it yet but can't wait to update my laptop and the "new" server I am building for our domain with it.

  1. 35  Adam Gartenberg http://www.adamgartenberg.com | 8/17/2007 8:16:04 AM

    @27 - You're going to need to set up the ST limited use server on a Domino 7.0.x server, not on an 8.0 server.

  1. 36  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 8/17/2007 8:16:23 AM

    @27 - Sametime 7.5.1 server still requires a Domino 7.0.X server. Sametime 8 will allow you to install on a Domino 8 server. I believe that is coming sometime this fall.

    So far it seems the PSC Blog server is handling the stress pretty well. By my counts, the server http activity jumped almost 500% yesterday.

  1. 37  Bruce Elgort http://www.TakingNotesPodcast.com | 8/17/2007 8:26:06 AM

    @John,

    The stress due to....??????

  1. 38  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 8/17/2007 8:32:23 AM

    @37 Bruce, I upgraded the server to 8.0.0 .. so we had all the server upgrade stuff going on, like template updates and indexes being updated, and the traffic is up on every blog (even the stale ones) ... overall traffic to the server is roughly 500% right now. I think there was some slowness for a little while but it seems to be running great now.

    Too many people hitting refresh last night :)

  1. 39  Scott Puls  | 8/17/2007 8:33:25 AM

    And don't forget to check out the Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Support Resources at { Link }

  1. 40  Bruce Elgort http://www.TakingNotesPodcast.com | 8/17/2007 8:43:10 AM

    @38,

    Thanks for the clarification. Not much sleep for me lately.... ;-)

  1. 41  Dennis Ellison  | 8/17/2007 8:45:18 AM

    Same as #33 What about Notes 8 clients/templates with a Domino 7 server?

  1. 42  Daniel Silva http://www.dansilva.org | 8/17/2007 9:03:47 AM

    @41, haven't seen any issues except that Mail Recall wlll only work for users whose mailboxes are hosted in Domino 8 servers.

  1. 43  Paul http://www.salvationarmy.org | 8/17/2007 9:05:07 AM

    With so much integration in various IT environments, moving forward with Domino/Notes 8 is dependent on other vendors applications now upgrading their products for compatibility. In my case, it is IP Telephony and integrated messaging. I would love to jump into Notes 8. I've been using the beta and it is great! ... but I have to wait for Cisco and DUCS before I can push this to my user base of 5,500.

  1. 44  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 8/17/2007 9:06:10 AM

    @42 you need a Domino 8 server for the new Out Of Office and for server side ghosted Calendar entries as well.

  1. 45  Bruce Elgort http://www.TakingNotesPodcast.com | 8/17/2007 9:07:44 AM

    @42,

    For some great information on mail recall in Notes/Domino 8 check out Chris Miller's blog/podcast. He recently interviewed Susan Bulloch in a podcast where they talked specifically about mail recall.

    Bruce

  1. 46  stefan krueger  | 8/17/2007 9:12:38 AM

    since an half day i´m working with notes 8 final - it looks great - it´s stable and fast - i love it (working on a four years old T40). Stefan

  1. 47  Bryan Kuhn http://btkuhn.blogspot.com | 8/17/2007 9:25:55 AM

    For additional photos from the Notes 8 Release Party visit my blog.

  1. 48  Kevin Pettitt http://www.lotusguru.com | 8/17/2007 9:48:53 AM

    Congratulations Ed and everyone for a great job making this happen. I put a new additional thoughts on my blog: { Link }

  1. 49  Bob Baehr (The Unofficial Poster Child For Lotus Notes and Domino) http://www.bobbaehr.com | 8/17/2007 9:53:52 AM

    Well, the download is still cranking away - will monitor because I got the "server busy" and had to hit "retry" (which, ain't a bad thing).

    Upgrade this weekend to everything (clients/servers) - and, am using Domino w/ DB2 --- will letcha know how it goes over on { Link }

  1. 50  Paul Mooney http://www.pmooney.net | 8/17/2007 10:11:55 AM

    @all (if it is not already mentioned)

    ND8 client with ND8 mail file on ND7 is ok (OOO is not working correctly, neither does mail recall)

    ND8 client with ND8 mail file on ND65x server is ok mostly (with exception for some calendaring and the above mentioned)

    Open to correction of course

  1. 51  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 8/17/2007 10:14:05 AM

    @50 - that is not a bug Paul, it states in the release notes that you need a Domino 8 server for the new OOO task and mail recall. Saying it does not work correctly sounds like a bug ... just not a supported configuration.

  1. 52  Samuel deHuszar Allen Allen  | 8/17/2007 10:19:44 AM

    Why is there no Domino8 package for x86? It's only System x, i, and z! Also is 2003 the only supported platform? I had the beta running on Windows2000. While perhaps not being supported, should this still work?

  1. 53  Paul Mooney http://www.pmooney.net | 8/17/2007 10:25:42 AM

    @51 - to clarify - Its not a bug, and I know its not a bug. I should of stated it differently. All in all the templates are quite functional back to 6.x servers.

  1. 54  Frederic Antille  | 8/17/2007 10:50:19 AM

    @Adam Gartenberg & @John Head : Thanks for your response, I'm waiting the ST 8.0 for a full migration of the production machines.

  1. 55  John Turnbow http://www.navasota-unified.com | 8/17/2007 11:05:39 AM

    Makes me want to sing "All you need is NOTES" (love)... LOL.

  1. 56  Rob Ingram http://www.dominoblog.com | 8/17/2007 11:15:13 AM

    Domino 8 for Windows is available. It is not tested or supported on Windows 2000 servers. If you call in an incident to support it would need to be reproduced on Windows 2003.

  1. 57  Samuel deHuszar Allen Allen  | 8/17/2007 11:23:55 AM

    ...and what about Domino for Linux on x86?

  1. 58  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 8/17/2007 11:28:49 AM

    @57 what about it? It's shipping.

  1. 59  Rob Ingram http://www.dominoblog.com | 8/17/2007 11:35:16 AM

    @57 - Domino for Linux is posted - its listed under the label Linux for System X (part number C13NJEN) or under Linux for System Z (C13NKEN)

  1. 60  Michael Ward  | 8/17/2007 11:40:01 AM

    No Mac Client release at the same time as windows and linux clients? OUCH.

  1. 61  Paul Mooney http://www.pmooney.net | 8/17/2007 11:52:59 AM

    @60 - agreed. it is a pain. But, they are supporting so many platforms, we have to give credit. Believe me I want the client for the Mac (as I now use Mac Full time) but am not going to complain too much. Im sure its on the way....

  1. 62  Charles Robinson http://cubert-codepoet.blogspot.com | 8/17/2007 12:01:43 PM

    @58 - The description changed substantially from prior releases, which is why people are getting confused.

    It started out very explicit:

    IBM Lotus Domino Server 7.0 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 (x86) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 English(C86WSNA)

    Then it got more terse, but still recognizable:

    IBM Lotus Domino Server 7.0.2 for Linux on Intel English(C94QEEN)

    For Domino 8 it's mostly obfuscated:

    IBM Lotus Domino Server 8.0 Linux for System x English(C13NJEN)

    If you aren't familiar with IBM's hardware product lines you'll never know that System x is Intel.

  1. 63  David Russell  | 8/17/2007 12:02:53 PM

    I like how this post reviews the last 2 years and highlights recent blog entries as points in that time-line. It has been fascinating watching the last couple of years unfold through your blog and others and have loved every minute of it. For a test: I have Notes 8 (eclipse version!) running on a 384MB 1Ghz machine, and it runs (just)! Of course the standard version operates just fine, and that is a great feature to offer, 'a lighter version' for older machines. But my favorite aspect of the whole client is the fact that it is 'still' notes but offers new features that can secure new customers without alienating its core audience. Congrats to the entire team!

  1. 64  Charles Robinson http://cubert-codepoet.blogspot.com | 8/17/2007 12:05:21 PM

    @63 - Make sure you keep your terminology straight... the Eclipse version is Standard, the traditional one is called Basic. :-)

  1. 65  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 8/17/2007 12:07:44 PM

    @62, ah, that's been caught, we're going to try to get the wording changed.

  1. 66  Samuel deHuszar Allen  | 8/17/2007 12:11:39 PM

    @62 Thanks Charles. That was in fact what was throwing me. Heaven forebid that I might throw Domino on a non-IBM branded x86 machine. :) Ed, can you please request to the appropriate people to have that link say "x86" somewhere in the title?

  1. 67  Chris Miller http://www.IdoNotes.com | 8/17/2007 12:39:43 PM

    Ed pointed out that Susan Bulloch did that wonderful Message Recall article. She and I then followed it up with a podcast this week going more in depth into the functionality. You can find it on my blog for streaming or iTunes.

  1. 68  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 8/17/2007 1:21:34 PM

    @62/58 -- the wording is being updated right now... "IBM Lotus Domino Server 8.0 Linux for x86 English"

  1. 69  Charles Robinson http://cubert-codepoet.blogspot.com | 8/17/2007 2:02:10 PM

    If anyone needs a real world example of how blogging can rapidly affect corporate and customer communication, it's right here. :-)

  1. 70  Bill Malchisky  | 8/17/2007 2:09:30 PM

    Smooth downloads all morning, after 10:30 CDT; Linux client going live today. Looking forward to upgrading this weekend.

    Congratulations to Lotus, Ed, the developers and everyone else involved. Very exciting day, indeed.

    Ciao!

  1. 71  Kevin Mort  | 8/17/2007 2:10:58 PM

    Clients installed...running happily.

    The only thing I noticed odd is that the Quickr Connector preferences are listed under the Actions menu which seems kinda odd to me. Under 7 they're in the File > Prefs menu.

    Great job to everyone getting this all out.

  1. 72  Michael Wuerdemann http://www.engram.de | 8/17/2007 2:50:02 PM

    Everything works fine here:

    - upgraded Domino 7.0.2 to Domino 8

    - upgraded clients to RCP Notes 8

    - installed Quickr 8 and

    - installed Sametime 7.5.1 (okay: again)

    All within one business day ...

    ... and all people around me are quite happy with it!

    Thanks to Lotus!

  1. 73  Tony ollivier  | 8/17/2007 3:30:09 PM

    Ed,

    Congrats on getting this out and shipping. Go ahead - take the rest of the day off !

    Tony

  1. 74  Thomas http://www.ibm.com | 8/17/2007 3:33:29 PM

    Congratulations - sounds like exciting news. I have been a Notes user since V2 and even worked for Lotus Consulting as a student.

    Last year I moved to a new company where I have to use Outlook for the first time....can I get my Notes back, please?

  1. 75  Todd Carpenter http://www.embraer.com | 8/17/2007 3:53:24 PM

    Hi Ed, Congratulations to you and the entire Lotus Team!

    Just an FYI, as of 4:45PM EST the Passport site is issuing "500 internal server error" messages. I only received two of the 5 downloads I was attempting so far today.

    Keeping my fingers crossed that they get it fixed, because my management is looking forward to an install asap.

  1. 76  MarvinK  | 8/17/2007 7:26:15 PM

    Notes 8 is definitely a lot cleaner looking application, and has some great usability improvements. Some of the new splashes in the final product like the background in the main windows and new icons (please support 48x48 icons for Notes--not just productivity) show some attention to details not historically associated with the Lotus brand (although new Quickr and Sametime have helped start to change that).

  1. 77  Nick Halliwell http://www.comware.net | 8/18/2007 12:38:17 AM

    Hi Ed and Everyone in the Notes 8 team, well done, you have all done a good job.

    It feels a fair bit quicker then even the Beta 3. Installation could not have been simpler everything worked 1st time.

    Well on to the server now I guess.

    Thanks all.

  1. 78  Adam Brown http://www.isw.com.au | 8/18/2007 6:42:12 AM

    Congrats IBM on a great effort. It is great to have Lotus having so much focus. Downloaded and installed without a glitch.

    We have already scheduled one client (Australian publicly listed company) to migrate of exchange onto Notes & Domino 8.0 in 3 weeks time!! We have had it planned for the last few months and it is great that it is now here. May it be the first of many to come:)

  1. 79  Jan Kenney  | 8/19/2007 9:27:53 AM

    Response #15 (Stuart McIntyre)is looking for the Domino 8 Enterprise Server for AIX. It's here:

    IBM Lotus Domino Server 8.0 for AIX 5.3 English (C13NHEN)

  1. 80  Jan Kenney  | 8/19/2007 11:28:05 AM

    Here are the files that makeup the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 release,and the associated par numbers on the download site:

    { Link }

  1. 81  Charles Robinson http://cubert-codepoet.blogspot.com | 8/19/2007 1:15:48 PM

    @80 - I could kiss you for that! :-D I was just looking through the list of the dozen or so files I've downloaded and dreading having to go back through Passport Advantage to figure out what each one was.

  1. 82  Philip http://philip9876.wordpress.com | 8/20/2007 12:26:19 AM

    Ed, any idea when the certification for ver 8 will be launched? The lotus website still mentions about ver 7 cert. Thanks.

  1. 83  Bill Brown  | 8/20/2007 10:06:29 AM

    Cool interoperabilty note: I installed Notes 8 on a spare machine (P-III/800 512MB) where it ran OK. Mail file is hosted on a 7.0.2 server, but based on @50 by Paul Mooney, I tried updating my mail file's template to R8. Worked OK. I can even open it on a 7.0.2 client and work well. One concern was the third part application Department Calendar, but I found that can read my calendar information correctly in the new design.

    Congrats to all involved for the amazing backwards compatibility!

  1. 84  Timothy Briley  | 8/20/2007 11:12:58 AM

    @83 - Standard or Basic client?

  1. 85  Bill Brown  | 8/20/2007 1:44:58 PM

    @84: Running the standard client with a single firefox window open. Takes a while to load, but opening my mail isn't bad, nor is moving around in it. Havent tried much else.

    Definetly not going to set any speed records with that hardware.

  1. 86  David Bell  | 8/20/2007 4:02:03 PM

    @41 - Notes / Domino / Template support matrix is here:

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  1. 87  Chris Miller http://www.IdoNotes.com | 8/20/2007 10:12:14 PM

    @82 - the upgrade certification is rumored to be out shortly (read weeks)with the full ND8 certs in a month or so