We have Mac clients, Linux clients, windows clients - all running Notes. We use it for all its features. Its UI is come on a long way in 18 months. It has more to go, but the UI team in IBM is ahead of the curve with plans. It is not open source on the client - but it is encapsulated with an eclipse shell, which makes it very extendable with open source tools. Little thinks like adding google gadgets to the client, and live text (for example, post codes in my client are "live" - click on them and google maps loads with the location). This does not take design skills - you just follow a wizard.
Many people hate Lotus Notes as they were stuck with versions over the past 20 years. I don't blame them - if you are running Lotus Notes 5, 6, or 6.5 you are working with products that are at least 6 years old. Recently it has come a long way. If you looked at 8.0, look again even now - its a lot faster and more functionality.
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We have Mac clients, Linux clients, windows clients - all running Notes. We use it for all its features. Its UI is come on a long way in 18 months. It has more to go, but the UI team in IBM is ahead of the curve with plans. It is not open source on the client - but it is encapsulated with an eclipse shell, which makes it very extendable with open source tools. Little thinks like adding google gadgets to the client, and live text (for example, post codes in my client are "live" - click on them and google maps loads with the location). This does not take design skills - you just follow a wizard.
Many people hate Lotus Notes as they were stuck with versions over the past 20 years. I don't blame them - if you are running Lotus Notes 5, 6, or 6.5 you are working with products that are at least 6 years old. Recently it has come a long way. If you looked at 8.0, look again even now - its a lot faster and more functionality.
As for the server side - IMO you can do more with one domino server then you can with any other "email" product. Its an application platform. Look at what we do with just two domino servers.
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