SUPER.HUMAN.SOFTWARE
Daniel Nashed – 1 October 2024 20:20:20
You might want to call me a tree hugger. When I had to get a copy of a old Domino 5.0.5 pubnames.ntf copy for a friend I ran into this installer screen.
It has bee a while and it has been an interesting ride so far.
With Domino 12 and later releases we got a lot back from the old passion and energy back into Domino server development.
The last couple of releases have been a blast.
Notes & Domino always was and still is a remarkable software product. Some of the base concepts are still unmatched by other software.
I had never more fun working with Domino. I my different roles I have never created more code then in the last couple of years.
There is just not enough time to get all my favorite projects done. Specially the Open Source projects take a lot of time -- But it is worth every minute for me!
I have worked with quite a bunch of other software at customers in the last years.
None of them had the same functionality when it comes to flexible, integrated application development, long term support of functionality and cross platform support.
The grass always looks greener on the other side. But did you look back to what you had?
Seeing this install screen below I am recalling the old times and want to give kudos to all the friends around the globe who are on the same journey for all those years.
Domino release 5.x was a mile stone for Domino. So as the current releases are!
A while ago I updated a Domino 5.0.3 server on Linux in 30 seconds to Domino 12.0.2 inside a Docker container at the HCL factory tour in Milan.
Try that with any other enterprise messaging system..
I could not be more proud of being part of that journey.
-- Daniel
Now the R5 launch reminds me on something else ...
I AM ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRAhCCGb7BY
And look who posted it at that time ..
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1Manfred Peters 02.10.2024 6:06:31 SUPER.HUMAN.SOFTWARE
totally agree :-)
I was the second CLI in Germany, worked as a developer and administrator for big accounts for many years.
I really appreciate to have met so many great people in this world of Notes/Domino starting with version 3.0.
Now as a retiree I enjoy my AfterDominoLife :-)
But there's still an old Domino server running in the backoffice...
Thanks, Lotus Notes/Domino, you made my life...
May Notes be with you!
2Alan Waine 02.10.2024 6:41:20 SUPER.HUMAN.SOFTWARE
Unfortunately, your energy today is not enough to keep the product from falling into oblivion.
IBM first and HCL today have failed to do what the universe loudly told them: A NEW MODERN CLIENT.
Today everyone uses Teams, the new Outlook, the new Sharepoint, Copilot and the entire Office suite of the 365 world.
Google even gave its own collaborative solution... which is used by large companies.
HCL... has no vision; it has no strategy.
It just fleeced customers like the last have did IBM.
(out of 250k HCL people... even they don't have a single IBM-acquired product used across the board).
3Richard Schwartz 07.10.2024 17:20:35 SUPER.HUMAN.SOFTWARE
The excitement of the R5 days can never be replaced. It's amazing that, twenty five years after that, the product still has any excitement left. A lot of us got stuck, or moved on to other technologies, or retired! I'm glad for those of you who are still keeping it alive -- and one thing I'm sure about you, my friend, is that you are keeping it fun, too! :-)