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We have a huge pipe to the Internet, but IBM apparently doesn't:
100%[=====================>] 201,781,477 21.0K/s in 88m 30s
Almost ninety minutes to download just 200MB of Symphony? I wonder what it was like before IBM improved download performance...
I've been granted permission to use the partial screen shot of a Lotus Domino configuration document in my book:
With the understanding that use will be tailored as described in your [...] submission below, your request to use IBM copyrighted material has been approved.
Wow. 
Are you wondering why I asked for permission? Well, it wouldn't have occurred to me to ask, but my publisher "forced" me to, and he is right, of course.
BTW, Microsoft gives "blanket" approvals providing I add appropriate copyright statements, as do Mozilla.
I've submitted an application for Apple Safari screen shots, but I'm still waiting for approval of that…
And now? Kill off all n* tasks of course, what else? Lovely.
I was please to receive a copy of the Lotus Notes Domino 8: Upgrader's Guide. The book is contains a good overview of what you can expect when you upgrade to Notes and Domino 8. The book is written by "some of the senior architects and specialists of IBM Software Services for Lotus". The content:
After a useful recap on the history of Notes and Domino, a number of screenshots show you what to expect when you make the move.
A longish chapter on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) introduces the reader to the topic and describes the components that Notes provides in terms of web services. The IBM productivity tools are given their own chapter with a few screen shots. Upgrade planning and coexistence of Notes and Domino versions are discussed in quite a bit of depth, as are the coexistence of Notes with other members of the Lotus product portfolio (Quickr, Sametime, etc.). An appendix with "advertisements" of commercial add-ons to Notes/Domino rounds off the book.
As an overview, the book is a good read for managers who want an introduction into what Notes/Domino 8 have to offer. Admins and programmers want to dig into the product documentation after reading the book.
Lotus Notes Domino 8: Upgrader's Guide is a good read. On the downside, the index is lacking. I checked the word LDAP, a topic which is discussed several times in the book, and it doesn't show up in the index.
I had reported on a C API program that periodically crashed a large Domino server. Unfortunately the program has been doing so on and off for a few months now, although the DCF has been considerably lower.
I spent a couple of hours debugging this again at the insistence of the administrator (he was right in insisting, of course 
), and it turns out that when the program is run from the Win32 command line even many dozen times, nothing happens. When it is scheduled from the Windows Task Scheduler, then crashes are frequent.
The current workaround? A .bat which sets the same environment variables as the administrator has before my executable is invoked. We tried several times, and the server is still alive.
Not that I understand what the difference is, as the program doesn't need a special environment. I think it is a case of don't pull...
How did this happen? I just replied to a mail…
My freshmeat filter shows something called OBM, which calls itself Exchange or Notes/Domino replacement.
Big words.