Yes, I will be at LotuSphere in '07. Not as a speaker or anything, but as a regular attendee. This will be the first time I've been at LotuSphere since '02. The first time I attended LotuSphere was way back in 1997, so the pattern seems to be that I only attend at five-year intervals. (A five-year itch?) When I went back in '02, that was when JSP support for Domino was pulled in favor of...nothing. Well, almost nothing. Sure, IBM/Lotus tried their best to spin the decision to pull what would have been an awesome addition to the product, saying that Lotus Notes has a role in J2EE as a datastore, and there was a JSP tag library and the IBM Toolkit for Lotus Domino, but in the end, it was all smoke and mirrors. How many Notes developers have actually created servlets or JSPs that interact directly with the Domino objects? My guess it is few and far between.

But enough of my ranting. I am definitely looking forward to attending next year. I'm still curious (dubious) as to whether IBM/Lotus can pull off this Hannover thing for Notes 8.0. Regardless, keep an eye out for me and I'll buy you a beer if you tell me how huge a fan you are of my blog! ; + )

1. Duffbert11/02/2006 08:36:14 PM
Homepage: http://www.twduff.com

Well, good! That takes care of my first beer while I'm there...

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2. Don McNally11/03/2006 09:44:49 AM
Homepage: http://dmcnally.blogspot.com

I like free speech and I love free beer - and I really enjoy your blog. It's just too quiet lately! :)

See you in Orlando.

Don

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3. Phil Randolph11/03/2006 09:55:00 AM
Homepage: http://philrandolph.com

It'll be nice to talk to you about Detroit if we can meet up. I grew up in Madison Heights. Hope we can meet up!

p.s. I love your blog, where's my beer?

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4. Michael Sobczak11/03/2006 10:57:52 AM
Homepage: http://www.punkdbynotes.com

@2 Don: yes, the blog's been operating in stealth mode for a while now. Part of that is due to the series of articles I'm writing for the Lotus Advisor on the LC LSX. I'm hoping I'll be able to post an update on what that's all about today.

@3 Phil: the beer is at LotuSphere--must be present to win!

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