Comments on Creative code and cuisine: My love/hate relationship with Domino

I think I got the Atom/RSS thing working.

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2006-07-20T16:21:00.000-04:00

I think I got the Atom/RSS thing working.

@Brendon - I went down that path, too, using Sendmail, Zimbra, Apache, OpenLDAP, OpenSSL, OpenACS, and PostgreSQL. Integrating all those and keeping them in synch was a lot of work. When one part broke the entire thing stopped working. I find tremendous value in being able to install a single package that does it all for me. The one stop shop makes me more productive as both an admin and a developer.

I would like it if I could remove parts of Domino and replace them with other products, but still manage them all from the same interface. For example, I'd like to be able to use Zimbra's web access for mail instead of DWA and Wildfire for integrated IM instead of Sametime. The key, at least for me, is to still make it easy to administer and support. Every app having a separate administration interface makes the distributed deployment a non-starter for me.

Thanks for that, Nathan. I'll see what I can do a...

2006-07-20T10:59:00.000-04:00

Thanks for that, Nathan. I'll see what I can do about getting a RSS feed set up. I've never done it so I have no clue what's involved.

Charles, great post.

Food for thought about...

2006-07-20T06:26:00.000-04:00

Charles, great post.

Food for thought about your blog: I will not read a blog without an RSS more than once. If I can put it on my feed reader, I'm an addict. If I can't... well, this will be the last you'll hear from me. :-)

I have no idea why Blogger makes having an RSS or Atom feed such a problem, but there it is.

Again, enjoyed the read.

Thomas hits the nail on the head. We have a load o...

2006-07-20T02:19:00.000-04:00

Thomas hits the nail on the head. We have a load of different systems at our place. And developers spend a ludicrous amount of time trying to wire them together, whether it's for sharing data, using data, sign sign-on between systems, etc. Horrible, horrible work.

Great post BTW Charles!

Quite a coincidence of words. I wrote something wi...

2006-07-20T01:09:00.000-04:00

Quite a coincidence of words. I wrote something with the same title some time ago and shared it with Ed. It was about lots and lots of good ideas that are not fully implemented in Notes up to a point where they are really useful.

But i did not want to muse about that. I wanted to comment on brendons idea of "we should be able to choose the best platform ...".

Well i was nether a fan of a lot of different platforms in one company and i heard some stories about that. One cmopany i know has rundabout 10 different systems in terms of Software Systems to manage their business. Each was chosen with a "best of breed" thought and the IT department had no influence in chosing. Well right now they have a problem. Data is created everywhere and they have 80% of their department working on why does the data not get from a to b through h, e and m?
The IT department spends most of its time fixing things that would not have been a problem chosing another platform, that perhaps might not have been the best. That is leaving no time for the implementation of new systems that could perhaps drive their business.
And this is a thing i have not senn only once but often.

"The fact remains that you cannot replace Domino w...

2006-07-19T23:19:00.000-04:00

"The fact remains that you cannot replace Domino with anything else..."

This is a common thought, but really why should there be the one platform that rules them all?

In an ideal world we should be able to choose the best platform for a particular job and have all the platforms integrate nicely into one seamless system.

Great post. So many people talk about one product...

2006-07-19T21:34:00.000-04:00

Great post. So many people talk about one product vs. another, without having actually tried them both. With the variety of products you list, to come to the conclusion "I never found anything that could reach the bar set by Notes and Domino." is an amazing endorsement for the product. Alan