Anything that's going on, and sometimes Lotus Noteshttp://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/en-usThu, 19 Aug 2010 02:22:36 AM -0700 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:22:36 AM -0700 Dragon Cotterill M2 traffic advice.. No Kidding!
There is a (literal) highlight in the form of a bridge which offers spectacular views over the river Thames. For this you have the privilege of paying for the view of the tankers and occasional speed boats, of which their movement is measured in knots, which is what your steering wheel has been turned into with the rage that you grip it.]]>
There is a (literal) highlight in the form of a bridge which offers spectacular views over the river Thames. For this you have the privilege of paying for the view of the tankers and occasional speed boats, of which their movement is measured in knots, which is what your steering wheel has been turned into with the rage that you grip it.]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/08182010041751PMBLOVBQ.htm?opendocument&comments#19082010022236BLOCZP.htm Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:06:14 AM -0700 Ian Randall M2 traffic advice.. No Kidding!
Only this F#&*!ng State Government would commission a privately funded freeway that from day-one was under capacity, with numerous 2 lane bridges, 2 lane overpasses and a 2 lane tunnel.

The tunnel was recently expanded to a 3 lanes in one direction, but they then had to drop the speed limit by 30kpm and install a speed camera so they could squeeze some extra revenue from M2 commuters who already pay over $21 / day to travel to & from the city. The designers of the M2 also increased delays by making one of the lanes a bus lane, and converted an entire lane of a freeway that runs in parralel to the M2 into a bike lane at Lane Cove.

In the last two years, I have only seen a small handfull of bike riders that actually use this bike lane.

However, given that most senior politicians don't actually drive their own vehicle, it's no wonder that Governments cannot be trusted to design an efficient road system.

Our only hope is for the Nazi Party to contest the next State election. At least the Nazi's knew how to design decent roads.]]>
Only this F#&*!ng State Government would commission a privately funded freeway that from day-one was under capacity, with numerous 2 lane bridges, 2 lane overpasses and a 2 lane tunnel.

The tunnel was recently expanded to a 3 lanes in one direction, but they then had to drop the speed limit by 30kpm and install a speed camera so they could squeeze some extra revenue from M2 commuters who already pay over $21 / day to travel to & from the city. The designers of the M2 also increased delays by making one of the lanes a bus lane, and converted an entire lane of a freeway that runs in parralel to the M2 into a bike lane at Lane Cove.

In the last two years, I have only seen a small handfull of bike riders that actually use this bike lane.

However, given that most senior politicians don't actually drive their own vehicle, it's no wonder that Governments cannot be trusted to design an efficient road system.

Our only hope is for the Nazi Party to contest the next State election. At least the Nazi's knew how to design decent roads.]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/08182010041751PMBLOVBQ.htm?opendocument&comments#19082010010614AMBLOBHX.htm Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:32:21 AM -0700 Giulio Super Broadband + Virtualisation = Gaming revolution http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/08142010122623AMBLOAR3.htm?opendocument&comments#08142010033221AMBLOEDA.htm Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:53:26 AM -0700 Tony Austin Super Broadband + Virtualisation = Gaming revolution
Well, Optus has in the last week or two officially released their DOCSIS 3 cable option for $20/month over their current contract rate. They call this "Supersonic Broadband" and they reckon many people will get 70 to 80 Mbps out of it (and up to 2 Mbps upstream) -- is that "super broadband" in your definition? So some lucky Optus users in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane could have quite snappy broadband for a few years before the NBN reaches them. However the latency for connection with overseas servers as you rightly say remains a big drawback.]]>
Well, Optus has in the last week or two officially released their DOCSIS 3 cable option for $20/month over their current contract rate. They call this "Supersonic Broadband" and they reckon many people will get 70 to 80 Mbps out of it (and up to 2 Mbps upstream) -- is that "super broadband" in your definition? So some lucky Optus users in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane could have quite snappy broadband for a few years before the NBN reaches them. However the latency for connection with overseas servers as you rightly say remains a big drawback.]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/08142010122623AMBLOAR3.htm?opendocument&comments#08142010025326AMBLODLX.htm Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:02:46 PM -0700 Giulio Lotus Knows has landed in Australia
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It will take a few years for HTML5 to be as ubiquitous as Flash, google can wait for the uptake and battle the iPad on Apple's terms, or support it to take market share. They can always drop it later.]]>
It will take a few years for HTML5 to be as ubiquitous as Flash, google can wait for the uptake and battle the iPad on Apple's terms, or support it to take market share. They can always drop it later.]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/05112010092908PMBLO7A9.htm?opendocument&comments#05132010045900PMBLOW5F.htm Wed, 12 May 2010 06:25:42 PM -0700 Gavin Bollard Google Pad on it’s way. http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/05112010092908PMBLO7A9.htm?opendocument&comments#05122010062542PMBLO3PM.htm Wed, 12 May 2010 03:22:18 AM -0700 Google Pad on it’s way. http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/05112010092908PMBLO7A9.htm?opendocument&comments#12052010032218BLOE6Z.htm Wed, 5 May 2010 06:16:42 AM -0700 Need I say anything more ? http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/04272010062155AMBLOHP9.htm?opendocument&comments#05052010061642AMBLOHKZ.htm Mon, 3 May 2010 08:17:30 PM -0700 Carl Tyler Google buys bumpTop. http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/05032010072800PMBLO4WK.htm?opendocument&comments#05032010081730PMBLO5VH.htm Thu, 8 Apr 2010 01:33:12 AM -0700 Wally Whitney’s Understudy ? http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/04072010071429PMBLO4N4.htm?opendocument&comments#04082010013312AMBLOC2T.htm Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:01:28 PM -0700 Paul Edwards Qantas to drop Notes after more than a decade.
Of course they still may not go ahead due to funding pressures but Fujitsu and MS may may it very attractive. I also agree that The Australian seems to biased in it's reporting of Domino v Exchange issues and $$ must be in the mix there.]]>
Of course they still may not go ahead due to funding pressures but Fujitsu and MS may may it very attractive. I also agree that The Australian seems to biased in it's reporting of Domino v Exchange issues and $$ must be in the mix there.]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/02012010040914PMBLO27T.htm?opendocument&comments#04072010100128PMBLO7WG.htm Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:14:38 AM -0700 Laurette Rynne Qantas to drop Notes after more than a decade.
At that time, we only had to say the word "help" and we would get a Lotus rep. I'm now working at another customer fighting off an overseas driven migration, and we barely get a response back from a logged help desk call to IBM.

I think an absolute failure to sell the newer versions/features of Lotus Notes is behind the companies leaving Notes. CIOs, Chief Architects and anyone making decisions do not (in Australia) spend any time going to Lotus information sessions/mini conferences. In fact, I would be surprised if anyone outside the Notes Development/Admin teams in most major companies in Sydney even get told about these things. It's almost as if IBM were so confident that the "Notes community" would keep fighting the fight for them that they stopped participating at all.

The politics would not mean nearly so much if IBM were actually in the fight, at the ground level, rather than just re-signing the license and walking away - no knowledge of what's even happening.

For at least the last 4 years ago we've pleaded with IBMers at Lotusphere and the local LCTY attempts to have anything even vaguely resembling LotusFusion again - something remotely similar to the Notes heydays. We have been constantly asking for IBM/Lotus to step in and protect our jobs/investment in their technology and it appears that they have done very little. Is it any wonder that we are looking to other technologies now to secure our livelihoods?]]>
At that time, we only had to say the word "help" and we would get a Lotus rep. I'm now working at another customer fighting off an overseas driven migration, and we barely get a response back from a logged help desk call to IBM.

I think an absolute failure to sell the newer versions/features of Lotus Notes is behind the companies leaving Notes. CIOs, Chief Architects and anyone making decisions do not (in Australia) spend any time going to Lotus information sessions/mini conferences. In fact, I would be surprised if anyone outside the Notes Development/Admin teams in most major companies in Sydney even get told about these things. It's almost as if IBM were so confident that the "Notes community" would keep fighting the fight for them that they stopped participating at all.

The politics would not mean nearly so much if IBM were actually in the fight, at the ground level, rather than just re-signing the license and walking away - no knowledge of what's even happening.

For at least the last 4 years ago we've pleaded with IBMers at Lotusphere and the local LCTY attempts to have anything even vaguely resembling LotusFusion again - something remotely similar to the Notes heydays. We have been constantly asking for IBM/Lotus to step in and protect our jobs/investment in their technology and it appears that they have done very little. Is it any wonder that we are looking to other technologies now to secure our livelihoods?]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/02012010040914PMBLO27T.htm?opendocument&comments#02122010031438AMBLOF7P.htm Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:38:09 PM -0700 Andrew Q Qantas to drop Notes after more than a decade. http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/02012010040914PMBLO27T.htm?opendocument&comments#02022010043809PMBLO2RW.htm Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:35:03 PM -0700 Andrew Q Qantas to drop Notes after more than a decade.
I know from working on site at Qantas once (1999), they really had a poor recruitment drive and hired cheap IT people who knew nothing about lotus notes.

So the blame is really their HR. Caltex on the other hand had their own people (own staff) who knew more than their EDS outsourcer and ditched them for Fujitsu in 2003]]>
I know from working on site at Qantas once (1999), they really had a poor recruitment drive and hired cheap IT people who knew nothing about lotus notes.

So the blame is really their HR. Caltex on the other hand had their own people (own staff) who knew more than their EDS outsourcer and ditched them for Fujitsu in 2003]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/02012010040914PMBLO27T.htm?opendocument&comments#02022010043503PMBLO2PY.htm Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:17:12 AM -0700 Colin Williams Qantas to drop Notes after more than a decade. http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/02012010040914PMBLO27T.htm?opendocument&comments#02022010111712a.m.BLOQMB.htm Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:35:35 AM -0700 Henning Heinz Qantas to drop Notes after more than a decade.
Unfortunately IBM is in a very comfortable position. Their revenues decline slowly. Even when companies move to Exchange they sometimes keep Notes in some way. Or even better they drop Notes and move to Exchange but buy Connections. For them it probably is even better to not invest and just keep things rolling. If you invest now, you immediately lose money and no guarantee that investments will pay off. With a trend of slowly declining revenues you can earn money for many years to come.

The ones that will get into trouble are IBM Lotus Business Partners, Developers and Administrators that have a high investment in Lotus technologies.

This does not mean that IBM will not change their strategy. If IBM really wants something they can throw tons of resources at any problem and act quite fast.

For years IBM has been praising that everything is fine and IBM is doing great with Lotus. As long as IBM does not come out with something better I have no hope that something will happen. To be clear. There are people that are still bullish about IBM Lotus and they earn real money and are very busy with clients.]]>
Unfortunately IBM is in a very comfortable position. Their revenues decline slowly. Even when companies move to Exchange they sometimes keep Notes in some way. Or even better they drop Notes and move to Exchange but buy Connections. For them it probably is even better to not invest and just keep things rolling. If you invest now, you immediately lose money and no guarantee that investments will pay off. With a trend of slowly declining revenues you can earn money for many years to come.

The ones that will get into trouble are IBM Lotus Business Partners, Developers and Administrators that have a high investment in Lotus technologies.

This does not mean that IBM will not change their strategy. If IBM really wants something they can throw tons of resources at any problem and act quite fast.

For years IBM has been praising that everything is fine and IBM is doing great with Lotus. As long as IBM does not come out with something better I have no hope that something will happen. To be clear. There are people that are still bullish about IBM Lotus and they earn real money and are very busy with clients.]]> http://giuliocc.dominodeveloper.net/dx/02012010040914PMBLO27T.htm?opendocument&comments#02.02.2010053535BLOHXS.htm