Comments on: IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.1 – the new bits http://www.dadams.co.uk/2009/08/28/ibm-lotus-notes-8-5-1-the-new-bits/ "I don't celebrate the magical thinking that says one random point in the space-time continuum is somehow special" - Scott Adams (via Dilbert) Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan Hamilton http://www.dadams.co.uk/2009/08/28/ibm-lotus-notes-8-5-1-the-new-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Alan Hamilton Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:24:29 +0000 http://www.dadams.co.uk/?p=1463#comment-1693 I know 8.5.1 is primarily a maintenance release, and as you point out there's actually a lot of nice tweaks and new functionality in there. For me the big one is ActiveSync support in Lotus Traveler. Having been on the 8.5.1 beta program for a while, the consequent setup and use of the iPhone with 8.5.1 Traveler is easy to use and seems very reliable, although I worry that the inability to process a meeting invitation isn't going to be fixed. The sad bit about this is that Mac OS X Snow Leopard which us MacBoys will all be upgrading to this weekend has native support for Exchange. Jeez, I really wish Domino support would feature in their plans as there must be a better fit between Apple and IBM than there is between Apple and Microsoft. Just for a laugh I thought I would try to configure the Exchange support in Mail, Address Book and iCal to talk to Traveler on our Domino server (8.5.1 beta) in the desperate hope that it would work. Sad to say - all I get are error messages about the server being unavailable. It looks like the Snow Leopard support is not ActiveSync support but something deeper with Exchange. Which brings me back to my point - why are we Notes & Domino users constantly playing second fiddle when it comes to corporate connectivity. Apple are making a push into the corporate with native support for enterprise messaging but the other big player in the market is no-where to be found. I know 8.5.1 is primarily a maintenance release, and as you point out there’s actually a lot of nice tweaks and new functionality in there. For me the big one is ActiveSync support in Lotus Traveler. Having been on the 8.5.1 beta program for a while, the consequent setup and use of the iPhone with 8.5.1 Traveler is easy to use and seems very reliable, although I worry that the inability to process a meeting invitation isn’t going to be fixed.

The sad bit about this is that Mac OS X Snow Leopard which us MacBoys will all be upgrading to this weekend has native support for Exchange. Jeez, I really wish Domino support would feature in their plans as there must be a better fit between Apple and IBM than there is between Apple and Microsoft.

Just for a laugh I thought I would try to configure the Exchange support in Mail, Address Book and iCal to talk to Traveler on our Domino server (8.5.1 beta) in the desperate hope that it would work. Sad to say – all I get are error messages about the server being unavailable. It looks like the Snow Leopard support is not ActiveSync support but something deeper with Exchange.

Which brings me back to my point – why are we Notes & Domino users constantly playing second fiddle when it comes to corporate connectivity. Apple are making a push into the corporate with native support for enterprise messaging but the other big player in the market is no-where to be found.

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