================================================= SEARCHDOMINO.COM DAILY NEWS May 11, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid4,00.html ================================================= SPONSORED BY: TREND MICRO ================================================= Get 10% OFF on Antivirus for Lotus/Domino Servers! The market leader since 1996, Trend Micro's award winning ScanMail for Lotus Notes is the smart choice for email server virus protection. 87% of all viruses are transmitted through email. For protection at this critical point, ScanMail has been chosen more often than any other product. BUY NOW FOR 10% OFF FOR 100 SEAT OR LESS AT: http://www.antivirus.com/banners/tracking.asp?si=67&bi=184&ul=/smln_10off Note: Offer valid in US & Canada only, ends May 18, 2001. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= LEAD STORY: "IBM's Gerstner: The world isn't ending and I'm not going away" IBM chief Louis V. Gerstner, made his annual forecast: The fright in the technology industry is way overdone, and IBM is set to prosper from a real boom in e-commerce. Gerstner, whose public appearances are rare, opened his speech by making fun of the mounting media speculation that he might retire next year when his contract expires and he will be 60. SOURCE: The Associated Press http://siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/048233.htm MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC: This eWEEK article looks at Lotus' future as an IBM subsidiary: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid4_gci514347,00.html This searchDomino article looks at IBM's past year and its Lotus strategy: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid4_gci509130,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- OTHER DOMINO AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "Microsoft's license shift may boost Linux" [2] "Homepage thrives on same old mistakes" [3] "NextPage NXT3: The next word in corporate information portals" [4] "Are BlackBerries out of season?" ~~~~~ [1] "Microsoft's license shift may boost Linux" New changes to Microsoft's software licensing program may give Linux a chance to lure away several key customer groups, analysts and competitors said. While the changes will benefit some customers, competitors hope others will be turned off by attempts to lock them into potentially expensive upgrade paths. Red Hat and other Linux leaders said they encouraged by the move. SOURCE: CNET http://cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5893221.html?tag=mn_hd [2] "Homepage thrives on same old mistakes" Systems managers still allow Visual Basic attachments into their e-mail servers and users continue to fall for tempting subject lines, giving viruses like Homepage a healthy shelf life and plenty of headlines. Sophos' senior technology consultant Graham Cluley talks about Homepage, the antivirus industry and the people who grow these poisonous worms. SOURCE: searchSecurity http://www.searchsecurity.com/qna/0,289202,sid14_gci551363,00.html [3] "NextPage NXT3: The next word in corporate information portals" NextPage Inc. offers a different solution to integrating data with its NXT 3 portal software. "NXT 3 catalogs and indexes all of the information on a network and presents that information in a searchable and actionable format via its own Web server," says this product review. SOURCE: Enterprise http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2717568,00.html [4] "Are BlackBerries out of season?" Shares of Research In Motion stumbled after an analyst questioned whether one of RIM's resellers has too many BlackBerry e-mail pagers in inventory. RIM denied the claim. RIM would not be the only handheld maker to see its inventory swell. Palm expects more than $200 million in additional inventory to pile up this quarter. RIM is counting on its expansion into Europe, and an effort to make BlackBerry pagers compatible with Lotus Notes, to help the company keep growing. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5890224.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= WEB LINKS OF THE DAY [1] "Domino offers refuge from storm" So far Domino has offered a refuge from the virus attacks that threaten to capsize companies relying on Lotus competitors. But that could be about to change. There are increasing vulnerabilities administrators and users should be aware of, such as Domino's newfound compatibility with the Microsoft Outlook client through iNotes Access for Outlook. It could invite sharks to tear into the platform. And there are other developments to worry about. SOURCE: Group Computing http://archives.groupcomputing.com//index.cfm?fuseaction=viewarticle&ContentID=613 [2] "Beyond Collaboration: Immediacy" Will the basic elements of groupware actually meet the most critical communication needs of today's businesses? This piece explores the "myth" of groupware versus its real potential. Writer Stowe Boyd says, "It may be hard at this point see the linkage between fledgling peer-to-peer solutions, wireless, and streaming media, and to extrapolate these into the jumping off point for the next frontier, but trust me, it is there. Right here, right now." SOURCE: Lotus Developer Network http://lotus.com/developers/devbase.nsf/homedata/article?OpenDocument&url=/developers/devbase.nsf/articles/doc2001043000 Do you know of a good article or Web site that should be included in our Best Domino Web Links? If so, let us know. Send us the headline, URL and a brief summary to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ------------------------------------------------- TAKE OUR POLL! Do you think the Lotus Discovery Server will be a success? 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As with the last edition, this book will bring non-technical professionals, including casual programmers and scripters, painlessly up to speed on all aspects of mastering JavaScript, including programming fundamentals, JavaScript language elements, and how to use them effectively, and how to easily and efficiently add powerful new functionality to HTML documents and Java applets. http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0764533428&ac_id=60 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------- "The pigeon protocol" Techies, by their own admission, are an offbeat bunch. However, there's a breed in Scandinavia that makes your average tech-type look normal in comparison. Recently, a few computer programmers in Norway decided after a few cold ones to test out an old IT theory that the type of data transport used between computers is irrelevant. To prove the hypothesis, they printed out a few separate packets of code from one computer, strapped them to the legs of carrier pigeons and successfully transported them to another machine some distance away. Point taken, but the exercise begs one important question: "What color is the sky in a techie's world?" SOURCE: Salon http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/10/pigeons/index.html ================================================= SOUND OFF! WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ================================================= Got a poll idea? How are we doing? Please send your comments to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Remove your email address from the distribution list for this specific newsletter "Reply" to this message with REMOVE in the subject line. You will receive an email confirming that you have been removed. To Remove yourself from additional distribution lists or to update your preferences, go to the searchDomino.com registration page at: http://searchDomino.techtarget.com/register
