So, other Julian, I hope you're leading by example ... 
Any suggestions for a lower-cost alternatives that will
(a) let me roam a fair way away from the desk wirelessly whilst on (and receiving? and making??) Skype calls, and
(b) has a headset-type mode (I don't always get on particularly well with earpieces)
would be much appreciated.
See PGP boss Phil Dunkelberger's call to action video
Let's hope that some of the other large computing companies can acknowledge their debt to Alan Turing's legacy, created at Bletchley Park, and chip in a few pounds (dollars, euros, buttons, whatever) to save this site: is it too far-fetched to suggest that Bletchley Park should be protected as a World Heritage Site?
Of course, everybody's favourite bit is the person who says she comes from an Exchange background, but loves the stuff she's finding out about Domino. Yay!
Which makes me wonder ... what do you think of cocomment? Personally I've really never found it to be of much use, other than as a way to slow down and occasionally (e.g. now) just plain old break blog sites. But maybe you feel differently?
Anyway, Vitor kindly forwarded me the comments you've made on my news of twins which did end up in cocomment's database but went missing on the blog post itself, so thank you all!
All are doing well, and we were home after 3 days which is pretty good all things considered.
Abnormal blogging service will be resumed shortly, once I destroy the email mountain...
Mills: After this year's R6 deliverable, the next version will be a WebSphere-based version. Notes is 80 percent middleware today. It already has some WebSphere and pieces of DB2 embedded in it today. But it's fundamentally built on the Notes file system, which is a late '80s design point.(From ZDNet on 04-Mar-02)Tech Update: So you're replacing the whole underlying data store?
Mills: Throwing out the whole infrastructure and revamping the data storage. We have flexible schema-mapping capability in DB2 today, so we can map the Notes file systems and we can map XML natively. You can use alternative syntax like XML to actually access the data that sits in DB2 today. So that capability in DB2 now is allowing us to pull out the old Notes file structure and insert the DB2 infrastructure.
Next time somebody tries to sell you a grand architectural vision that stinks, just stand up and say that it stinks. I mean, who amongst us was actually convinced that this was the right way for IBM to be going? Four wasted years, many wasted man-years, a lot of grey hairs, a lot of lost/disillusioned/disgruntled/confused customers. A terrible shame.
But, Lotus Notes/Domino are still here, they're still being used, we're still in business, and it even looks as though IBM might be beginning to realise that a similar level of change in the marketing program to that which has already occurred to the technology program is required. Let's hope, eh?
It's good that the press is sensing this change of mood. I see IBM climbing back into the ring for a fight. But Microsoft is going to fight hard and dirty, and they've had a lot more practice, and they have a lot more fans to cheer them on. It might not be pretty ...
