I always enjoy the "Domino is dead" comments - as much as I did the "mainframes are dead" and "IBM is dead" squealing from ten to fifteen years ago. Big Iron is bigger than ever with large businesses even more dependent on mainframes than ever. Would I want to be a COBOL, NATURAL or APL programmer? No, but others are making a damn good living doing so.
IBM has been a far better investment than Microsoft the last five years.
The survival of Domino is not dependent upon what some "IBM senior architect" wants/thinks/does. It is dependent upon the vision and talent of guys like Jake continuing to add value in creative ways. I work in a large company, which has only grasped the power and flexibility of what Domino can do within the last year, where a team of developers is knocking out leading-edge applications day after day - incorporating the latest technologies the web has to offer. These apps are developed far faster and cheaper than other alternatives from other large budget departments.
I always enjoy the "Domino is dead" comments - as much as I did the "mainframes are dead" and "IBM is dead" squealing from ten to fifteen years ago. Big Iron is bigger than ever with large businesses even more dependent on mainframes than ever. Would I want to be a COBOL, NATURAL or APL programmer? No, but others are making a damn good living doing so.
IBM has been a far better investment than Microsoft the last five years.
The survival of Domino is not dependent upon what some "IBM senior architect" wants/thinks/does. It is dependent upon the vision and talent of guys like Jake continuing to add value in creative ways. I work in a large company, which has only grasped the power and flexibility of what Domino can do within the last year, where a team of developers is knocking out leading-edge applications day after day - incorporating the latest technologies the web has to offer. These apps are developed far faster and cheaper than other alternatives from other large budget departments.
As always, it's results that count.