An open letter to open source Notes/Domino

By admin on December 31st, 2008

Ian Tree, chief architect at IT consultancy Hadleigh Marshall Netherlands b.v. has initiated an interesting movement: ask to IBM to transform the Notes/Domino product line into an Open Source, Community Development offering. Notes/Domino has been loosing traction in the past with the rise of Web technologies. Notes/Domino is still a cash cow for IBM. It is [...]

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