A Harder Look at Domino and Open Source
Category Administration IBM/Lotus Domino Linux Open Source
What does the Open Source community think of Lotus Notes ? The response ranges from tepid curiosity to those that predict significant benefits from forging stronger ties with IBM. Interestingly enough, no one mentions Free Open Source Lotus Notes, other than some in the Lotus community.
UbuntuPodcast #15 has a quick mention of the IBM/Lotus Microsoft-Free Client. If you fast forward to minute 54, you can catch a few words about the new IBM client packaging. The show hosts don't know a thing about Lotus Notes, but they do think it's cool for IBM to use an open-source oriented platform to bash on Microsoft. Being Anti-Microsoft, though, is more of a sub-culture meme than a corporate value to be posted with "we are about excellence." I'm not really looking for more T-Shirt wit, as I am for understanding deeper trends in Open Source and Open Standards. Who actually best represents the Open Source community ?
Well, The Linux Foundation is definitely at the core of Open Source. Lora Bentley interviewed Amanda McPherson for what her top five open source predictions would be. Amanda is a founding team member of the Linux Foundation and Vice President, Marketing and Developer Programs. Lotus Notes ranks as her number three prediction, only she never uses the words "Lotus Notes":
In an earlier December post on her blog, Amanda says, "Linux on the desktop combined with products like IBM's Collaboration Client are proving to be very attractive to certain enterprise computing segments."
To my thinking, McPherson understands what Lotus Notes brings to Open Source and she isn't arguing that it should be re-molded as a pure Open Source product. I have already suggested some ways to encourage more connectivity between Open Source and Lotus Notes. Lotus Foundations, Lotus Symphony, Ubuntu Notes, and The IBM Collaboration Client are making in-roads in Open Source. Want more ? Wouldn't it be interesting to work with Amazon's EC2 for hosting Domino on RHEL, CentOS or Ubuntu ?
There are a lot of opportunities for working with Lotus Notes in Open Source. I'm already looking forward to 2009.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, Ubuntu, Linux, Amanda McPherson, Lora Bentley
What does the Open Source community think of Lotus Notes ? The response ranges from tepid curiosity to those that predict significant benefits from forging stronger ties with IBM. Interestingly enough, no one mentions Free Open Source Lotus Notes, other than some in the Lotus community.
UbuntuPodcast #15 has a quick mention of the IBM/Lotus Microsoft-Free Client. If you fast forward to minute 54, you can catch a few words about the new IBM client packaging. The show hosts don't know a thing about Lotus Notes, but they do think it's cool for IBM to use an open-source oriented platform to bash on Microsoft. Being Anti-Microsoft, though, is more of a sub-culture meme than a corporate value to be posted with "we are about excellence." I'm not really looking for more T-Shirt wit, as I am for understanding deeper trends in Open Source and Open Standards. Who actually best represents the Open Source community ?
Well, The Linux Foundation is definitely at the core of Open Source. Lora Bentley interviewed Amanda McPherson for what her top five open source predictions would be. Amanda is a founding team member of the Linux Foundation and Vice President, Marketing and Developer Programs. Lotus Notes ranks as her number three prediction, only she never uses the words "Lotus Notes":
Corporate use of Linux on the desktop will make strides in '09. Look to IBM's Collaboration Client (virtualized Linux on the desktop bundled with open source productivity apps) to win some large-scale deals. Vista has made corporate America think twice. The new world of online apps is also contributing to this trend.
In an earlier December post on her blog, Amanda says, "Linux on the desktop combined with products like IBM's Collaboration Client are proving to be very attractive to certain enterprise computing segments."
To my thinking, McPherson understands what Lotus Notes brings to Open Source and she isn't arguing that it should be re-molded as a pure Open Source product. I have already suggested some ways to encourage more connectivity between Open Source and Lotus Notes. Lotus Foundations, Lotus Symphony, Ubuntu Notes, and The IBM Collaboration Client are making in-roads in Open Source. Want more ? Wouldn't it be interesting to work with Amazon's EC2 for hosting Domino on RHEL, CentOS or Ubuntu ?
There are a lot of opportunities for working with Lotus Notes in Open Source. I'm already looking forward to 2009.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, Ubuntu, Linux, Amanda McPherson, Lora Bentley
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