Boston Globe article - "How Lotus changed the business world"
Tags :Lotus Notes notes8beta
From the article:
For the Loti, the old days were a time when Lotus was one of the hottest software companies around -- and an exceptionally pleasant place to earn a living. Benefits and perks that were unusually generous for the 1980s and 1990s, and management had a style that helped turn workers into leaders.
The success of Notes ultimately led in 1995 to an extraordinary hostile takeover attempt by IBM Corp., a company not usually given to such aggressive moves. In the end, Lotus and IBM came to terms, and what was once the Boston-area's biggest independent software firm is now part of IBM.
Part of this article talks about the founding of Lotus and Iris Associates and the upcoming gathering the ex-Loti are scheduled to have. Did the purchase of Lotus by IBM move Lotus away from the forefront, free moving company it was back in the 90's? Or did it give corporate support for an emerging competitive market?
I think IBM has woken up in the past couple years to the idea that the largest (internal to IBM) software group could not survive without an influx of creativity and movement ahead in new areas of the market space. The stagnant UI in both Notes and Sametime was not winning new accounts. The next generation needed to be developed. So here we come to Notes 8 and Sametime 7.5. If the path of development continues, I dare say the market might open their eyes to the father product coming back to kick some arse.
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On Monday, May 14th, 2007 by Chris Miller
