...or ND8 as we prefer to call it, was released last Friday. I've been trying it out for some time now, and I must say that it looks great. I am looking forward to go deeper into the designer client as soon as I get some time.
I have already looked at two parts:
- composite applications
- productivity tools
And I am very happy that Lotus Notes now comes with productivity tools and support for ODF (open document format).
Some day I hope to be able to ask IBM a few questions:
- When can we expect Lotus Notes rich text to be native stored as ODF ?
- Is it possible to import ODF documents into a Notes rich text field ?
- Why wont IBM Lotus say, that productivity tools is actually a clone/fork of OpenOffice.org ?
Please see my blogpost here - When can expect IBM staff to use their own applications at work, e.g. product presentations and text documents ?
I'm tired of seeing IBM staff do presentations with an application like You-know-who Powerpoint. When are you ready to take your own medicine ?
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I'm currently employed there so I'm certainly wondering when we'll get upgraded from Notes 7 to Notes 8.
In regards to MS Office, we just have to face it, it is a defacto standard. It is what people know and there is little competition to MS Office. I don't mind people using MS Office, I would just like to be able to actually have a choice. That's why I'm a big supporter of ODF and open standards.
I also see MS Office misused a lot. People use Word all the time for stuff where a simple text file is more appropriate.
At Linuxforum 2007 the guy presenting Notes made no secret that it was an OOo "clone", as a matter of fact, from what he said, I got the impression that it _was_ 99.9% OOo code..
Of course he was more of a developer than a marketer..
@martin schlander:
True, but you can't find anything about this on print or in other IBM marketing material.
I agree with you on IBM'ers using their own software! For my own part I've been using Lotus Spreadsheets, Lotus Documents ans Lotus Presentations (that are their final names) for quite a while now. And they work just fine!
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