Many of you might have noticed that there seems to be a little war of words, or at least thoughts, going between IBM and some ex-IBMers over the past couple of months. While I think its always good to have a debate with lots of opinions, I also think its good to have all the facts. So this post on Gary Devendorf's blog really got to me for a couple of reasons. First, Mike Rhodin's comment isn't any different than Carl Kraenzel's. They are talking about the same thing, which was also the consistent message at Lotusphere 2004. That message (as I interpret it) is that the core language of LotusScript is not going to be updated, but the Domino Object model will be enhanced with new functionality coming and updates to the existing objects. And there is nothing wrong or bad about that. But Gary's post seems to spin it in the direction that this is a change in message. Second, lets look at the words from the speaker's mouth. Check out Page 6 of this presentation from Lo

Over at Volker's (vowe.net), Ken Porter has written about the Mac Birds of a Feather (BOF) at Lotusphere 2004. Its an interesting write. Personaly, I think IBM got a wake up call about the Mac community and how many companies have decision makers that use Mac laptops. Now, what do we do about it? According to my sources at IBM, they need a couple MAJOR companies that are Notes/Domino users to step up and say that they need a Notes 7. Anyone want to step up? ... I can get you to the right people at IBM.

Sorry this took so long, not a smooth transition back to work this week for a bunch of the PSC folks that were at Lotusphere, including myself. For those that know and have commented, thanks. Just alot going on in the personal world for me right now. Here is the info: - Presentation in PowerPoint - Customized Address Book and Word Startup Template Zip File - Excel database coming soon! updated 2.10.2004 with new links