Lotus Rock Star :: Quickr notes - so what about Domino.Doc?

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Neil asks in an earlier comment about the future of Domino.Doc. The answer is, of course, subject to all IBM's "futures" disclaimers.

Quickr is one of five "pillars" under the Lotus Software banner - Domino, Sametime, Connections, Quickr and WebSphere Portal. This much was made clear at Lotusphere. The idea was to simplify the product lines. Oh - and if you're wondering about fringe products like LEI and Workplace, just count them under Domino.

Quickr is the pillar that addresses team collaboration and document management, so the natural assumption is that Domino.Doc is part of Quickr, right? Right. Just not yet. Domino.Doc (and yes I do know the full name) won't be subsumed into Quickr until 9.0. There just wasn't enough time for engineering to do it for 8.0. The NSF side of Quickr is already approaching a managed beta of some kind, and the various parts that comprise the J2EE side are still being Steve-Austin-ed.

Will Domino.Doc be a back end repository (also asked by Neil)? Not sure. IBM's repository story named IBM JCR, Domino, FileNet, Sharepoint and "Other". But FileNet, DB2 CM, and Sharepoint are all listed as futures, leaving Domino and JCR, otherwise known as NSF (today's QuickPlace repository) and WAS's content repository, where docs live now from PDM or Workplace Documents. The Domino repository doesn't specifically name Domino.Doc as a component...but the brand integration does lump it in with Quickr 9.

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Comments

1 - Websphere Portal is under the Lotus Banner?

Posted by Dan Sickles At 07:21:37 PM On 02/23/2007 | - Website - |

2 - Yep - Portal has been under the Lotus Software banner for about three years. The business unit at one time was called WPLC - probably still is - which stands for Workplace, Portal and Lotus Collaboration. At the moment they're not quite sure what to do with the W. Tell you one thing, I've just shorted my stock in ink companies for the new business cards.

Posted by Rob Novak At 07:47:57 PM On 02/23/2007 | - Website - |

3 - Thanks for posting about my questions, it will be interesting to see how IBM handles this, as there are a number of custom solutions built on Document Manager.

If Domino.Doc does get integrated into Quickr I would like to see the ability to choose the capabilities that Quickr provides for you, so you could choose just Document Management etc..

Posted by Neil At 06:55:27 AM On 02/26/2007 | - Website - |

4 - Hmmm, this picture bothers me. I just had a client in desperate need for a Document Management system. What do I do? I'm not going to recommend Dom.doc - the product is being phased out (thank goodness). But where on earth is the QuickR code? Surely there should be at least a beta available by now? At this point, I'm considering suggesting products such as MangoFile to clients, and then we'll just enhance it through Lotus Notes integration.

Posted by Adeleida At 02:32:01 PM On 03/01/2007 | - Website - |

5 - Do you have anymore information about what features of DDM IBM will move into Quickr, and how they will do it, (API support, DocEvents, logging etc). Is there anyone at IBM who can give some direction...

It would be nice to have an idea bout how IBM are going to achieve this.. PLease feel fre to contact me off-line if yo ucan help.

Posted by Neil Gower At 06:59:14 AM On 07/12/2007 | - Website - |