AD101 IBM Lotus Application Development Strategy
On the fly notes while at the Application
Development strategy. I'm feeling cynical today, so I'm going to
write about counterpoints. But halfway through the presentation,
I'll say that on the whole, this message is MUCH less fragmented than it
was even just a few years ago. There really are some good stories
to tell with all this.
Themes...
Faster
Simpler
Share
Reuse
Deliver
Platforms
Websphere Portal
Mashups
Domino
Expeditor Client
Why Eclipse Tooling?
largest community in the world
extensible
built-in editors
continuing improvements
partner extensions
with less maintenance efforts, focus on high value
multiple tools in one container
"Rich security with all of our platforms" I'd disagree, actually
LOB users can build mashups "can grow into core assets" Again, this is really looking in the wrong direction. It's Notes v2 again. Will have the same problems 10 years down the line.
Portlet Factory, Domino Designer, XPD Toolkit , Forms, RAD PTK, Widget Factory
All over Eclipse
Portal Factory...
"Putting a new face on an ugly baby." Did he really just say that?
Seamlessly plugs into RAD and RSA. That statement is cake.
Long-tail graph, with the expression that ad-hoc apps are way out on the long tail. This is an interesting take. Maybe the problem I have with this is calling it an "application." If you are running a report on stuff that you connected together with mashups, that's really not an application.
They're positioning Designer and Portlet Factory as LOB app peers. hrmmmmmm... don't disagree. Just hmmmmmm. I would definitely put Domino further out on the long-tail.
Always good to hear the line "leverage existing investments."
Lots of stuff about integrating information "on the glass." This is a very common strategy going on, whether with Portal, Composite apps, Calendar federation, Task federation. And all of these things leave me thinking "how do you see what someone else's experience is?" If I want to have a server program discover that tells me everything that's on Joe's calendar, how could it do that if Joe's calendar is only ever determined on the glass on his laptop?
"You can built an application in Portal and deploy it in... Lotus Notes." I have yet to see this actually happen. Sure would like to.
Mashup Center...
Case Study on Boeing's ATC system post-Katrina. It looks cool in terms of information, but ugly. Which is exactly what I predicted. (will get link later)
Domino (Philippe Riand presenting now)...
Backwards compatibility religion. "That doesn't prevent us from embracing new technologies." Well..... PREVENT? No. SLOW DOWN? Oh hell yes.
Emphasizing security. This drum should be beat as often as possible. Especially in contrast to the Eclipse stuff -- until Eclipse catches up.
"Domino is document-centric application, with workflow enabled."
"By the time the spec is written in C#/Java, the application is written in Notes/Domino" w00t!
"You can completely control the HTML generation." Phil! More cake!
"IBM Drinks its own Champagne" That would be the French version of "eating your own dogfood."
Preview of the new DevWorks forums, built in Xpages. "Marked as answered" and "marked as useful" using multiple db. Phil describes these as "new capabilities." Well, no. Many tools already did this. IBM just never got that. But it's cool that Xpages makes it easier.
Expeditor...
Screenshot examples showed Carousel. WHEEEEEEE!!!
The new IBM Greenhouse catalog will let you buy directly. Really? That has a lot of potential, but IBM has to get it JUST RIGHT.
Seeing LinkedIn as a sideshelf widget that's bound to mail. Now driving it from LiveText.
Bill Buchan has threatened to have blue paint on at the Meet the Developers on a crusade for DXL.
Themes...
Faster
Simpler
Share
Reuse
Deliver
Platforms
Websphere Portal
Mashups
Domino
Expeditor Client
Why Eclipse Tooling?
largest community in the world
extensible
built-in editors
continuing improvements
partner extensions
with less maintenance efforts, focus on high value
multiple tools in one container
"Rich security with all of our platforms" I'd disagree, actually
LOB users can build mashups "can grow into core assets" Again, this is really looking in the wrong direction. It's Notes v2 again. Will have the same problems 10 years down the line.
Portlet Factory, Domino Designer, XPD Toolkit , Forms, RAD PTK, Widget Factory
All over Eclipse
Portal Factory...
"Putting a new face on an ugly baby." Did he really just say that?
Seamlessly plugs into RAD and RSA. That statement is cake.
Long-tail graph, with the expression that ad-hoc apps are way out on the long tail. This is an interesting take. Maybe the problem I have with this is calling it an "application." If you are running a report on stuff that you connected together with mashups, that's really not an application.
They're positioning Designer and Portlet Factory as LOB app peers. hrmmmmmm... don't disagree. Just hmmmmmm. I would definitely put Domino further out on the long-tail.
Always good to hear the line "leverage existing investments."
Lots of stuff about integrating information "on the glass." This is a very common strategy going on, whether with Portal, Composite apps, Calendar federation, Task federation. And all of these things leave me thinking "how do you see what someone else's experience is?" If I want to have a server program discover that tells me everything that's on Joe's calendar, how could it do that if Joe's calendar is only ever determined on the glass on his laptop?
"You can built an application in Portal and deploy it in... Lotus Notes." I have yet to see this actually happen. Sure would like to.
Mashup Center...
Case Study on Boeing's ATC system post-Katrina. It looks cool in terms of information, but ugly. Which is exactly what I predicted. (will get link later)
Domino (Philippe Riand presenting now)...
Backwards compatibility religion. "That doesn't prevent us from embracing new technologies." Well..... PREVENT? No. SLOW DOWN? Oh hell yes.
Emphasizing security. This drum should be beat as often as possible. Especially in contrast to the Eclipse stuff -- until Eclipse catches up.
"Domino is document-centric application, with workflow enabled."
"By the time the spec is written in C#/Java, the application is written in Notes/Domino" w00t!
"You can completely control the HTML generation." Phil! More cake!
"IBM Drinks its own Champagne" That would be the French version of "eating your own dogfood."
Preview of the new DevWorks forums, built in Xpages. "Marked as answered" and "marked as useful" using multiple db. Phil describes these as "new capabilities." Well, no. Many tools already did this. IBM just never got that. But it's cool that Xpages makes it easier.
Expeditor...
Screenshot examples showed Carousel. WHEEEEEEE!!!
The new IBM Greenhouse catalog will let you buy directly. Really? That has a lot of potential, but IBM has to get it JUST RIGHT.
Seeing LinkedIn as a sideshelf widget that's bound to mail. Now driving it from LiveText.
Bill Buchan has threatened to have blue paint on at the Meet the Developers on a crusade for DXL.
