Archive for August, 2006

getItemValueString and Domino 6.5.5 and 7.0 (Show’n Tell Thursday)

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

The return value of the Java method getItemValueString has been changed in Lotus Domino 6.5.5, Lotus Domino 7.0 and later releases. Before 6.5.5 the method getItemValueString returns null if the item is empty or if the item does not exist. In 6.5.5, 7.0 and later releases getItemValueString returns the empty string (“”) instead. I upgraded [...]

Open Source Windows OS

Monday, August 28th, 2006

ReactOS is a free open source operating system based on the Microsoft Windows architecture. ReactOS 0.3 was released yesterday. A very interesting project that tries to be an open source alternative for Windows users that does not want to switch to a new operating system such as Linux. The ReactOS homepage has links to reviews [...]

Lotus Sametime 7.5 is now available!

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Adam Gartenberg announced this friday that Lotus Sametime 7.5 is now available for download from Passport Advantage. Look for more comments to this at Ed Brills post on the announcement and be sure the check out all the Sametime Sunday postings from Ted Stanton for more information on the features of Sametime 7.5.

Happy 25

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Today the IBM PC turns 25 years. “Computer firm IBM made technological history on 12 August 1981 with the announcement of a personal computer – the IBM 5150″ – more at BBC. “August 12, 1981 marks the birth of the IBM PC, the computer that single-handedly turned personal computing to the business market” – more [...]

Free "SOA for Dummies" book!

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

IBM is was giving away a free copy of “SOA for Dummies”. Go ahead and order your copy. Aug. 9 update from Bobby Woolf: “The IBM offering is not the full book, it’s a subset aimed at businesspeople. The full book is 384 pages; the free IBM version is 66 pages, focusing on the business [...]