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by Eric Parizo, News Editor
Since IBM acquired Lotus in 1995, the future of Notes and Domino has been up for debate on a number of occasions. Today, the platform is much more secure, with the official release of Notes and Domino 6 just a few weeks away and Lotus' commitment to Notes and Domino 7. Yet it's tempting to wonder where Notes would be today if Ray Ozzie had kept his hands in the mix. Ozzie founded influential software development house Iris Associates in the mid 80s and created the first version of Notes in 1989, but he has spent the past several years working on Groove, a peer-to-peer collaboration offering, and has had relatively little to say about Notes. In fact, Groove has established close ties with Microsoft, and only recently released a new version that works tightly with Notes.
So do you think Ozzie's opinions still matter to the Notes community, or has he become just another voice in the crowd? We hope you'll cast your vote in our SearchDomino.com Poll, and let us know what you think about Ozzie's latest endeavors and the evolution of Notes and Domino in our SearchDomino Sound Off Forum.
Until next time,
Eric
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Sametime
by Kurt Ringleben, Assistant Site Editor
Lotus' Sametime offers immediate communication with people across the hall or around the world with secure text messaging, audio and video, and collaborative meetings, but there is competion on the horizon. Read more here...
Read more about this topic
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured expert Mike Lazar
Category Domino Administration, Support
Michael Lazar will answer your questions on Notes and Domino Administration. He'll also answer support questions, including R4-to-R5 migration issues.
View all Mike's answers
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This Week: In the forums
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SOUND OFF in our Sound Off Forum: Do Ray Ozzie's opinions still matter?
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Developer Forum
One user writes: "I a particular view I have to give totals for hours and minutes. This are two fields, but the minutes give unreasonable totals like 600 minutes etc. Is there a way to convert minutes totals to hh:mm ?"
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| Tip of the Week: |
Developer Tip:Truncate strings with ellipsis
By Andre Guirard
When copying data to a place where you can only store or display a
limited number of characters, this little function will trim the
string to a specified length, adding "..." to show that some
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Site Highlights |
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Domino True Blooper #10: Who needs documentation when you have imaginiation?
When this Domino administrator installed new help desk software on her system she didn't read the documentation. As things started to go wrong she found herself writing the book on the merits of following the vendor's instructions.
Click here for this amusing blunder
New September tips prize: Laptop power DC to AC inverter
Submit a tip and win this nifty gizmo that can power your AC devices while you are on the go!
Click here for a full description of this month's tips prize
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Achiever Awards
Click here to submit your nomination
Do you know someone who is an innovator using Lotus Notes or Domino?
Take advantage of the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the technological contributions of a company or individual using Lotus Notes and Domino innovatively to achieve far beyond expectations. We are currently accepting nominations recognizing users, teams and organizations that are pushing the limits of designing, building and managing complex Notes and Domino systems (no vendors, please). The deadline for nominations for the SearchDomino Achiever Awards is Friday, October 25, 2002.
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| IT Security Research |
| SearchSecurity.com recently surveyed 500 security pros to learn what's changed in IT security during the past year. Get the results via a Special Report and upcoming Webcast. |
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| Lotus Live! Webcast |
| Have you missed any of our Lotus Live! Series Webcasts this year? Here's a quick link to all of our Lotus Live Series Webcasts, Q&A follow-ups and downloadable slides. |
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| Lotus Notes creator Ray Ozzie is once again keeping a public Web log to post thoughts on collaboration, technology and communications. Do Ozzie's opinions still carry weight in the Notes and Domino community? |
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