There's no doubt that there is pain in transition. But when you say you don't know what the hell that team was on, you're not looking at the long-term technology direction that the WPLC (Workplace, Lotus and Collaboration, for those of you who don't keep up with Blue acronyms) is taking.
It's clear that the technology under the existing Notes platform is not sustainable forever, and that there will be an eventual need to merge into the WebSphere Portal/Lotus Workplace technology stream. Eclipse is the route required to lead to Hannover, and through that to composite portlet/Notes DB applications which will merge the Notes and Workplace directions.
So yes, there is pain at the moment, as there always is with technology shifts. But without it Notes (and Domino) will remain dead-end technologies, instead of leading the transition into new technology models and market opportunities.
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There's no doubt that there is pain in transition. But when you say you don't know what the hell that team was on, you're not looking at the long-term technology direction that the WPLC (Workplace, Lotus and Collaboration, for those of you who don't keep up with Blue acronyms) is taking.
It's clear that the technology under the existing Notes platform is not sustainable forever, and that there will be an eventual need to merge into the WebSphere Portal/Lotus Workplace technology stream. Eclipse is the route required to lead to Hannover, and through that to composite portlet/Notes DB applications which will merge the Notes and Workplace directions.
So yes, there is pain at the moment, as there always is with technology shifts. But without it Notes (and Domino) will remain dead-end technologies, instead of leading the transition into new technology models and market opportunities.