Thomas explains what makes Lotus Notes special:

“When the phrase ‘Lotus Notes’ is mentioned in the halls of your IT department, you probably hear a range of responses, from ‘That’s still around?’ to ‘Notes is a critical part of our application portfolio, and we couldn’t deliver value without it.’ For a significant enterprise collaboration application that’s been around for more than two decades, it’s surprising that so many IT professionals still have a difficult time explaining just what Notes and Domino is, what it does and how it fits into the IT infrastructure.”

He looks at 7 points:
– Notes is (much) more than email
– Notes and Domino is a powerful (and open) application development platform
– Notes is the client, Domino is the server
– Notes has a long history of backwards compatibility
– Replication lets you work both online and offline
– Notes applications can be built for both the Notes client and Web browsers
– Notes is “not dead”
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