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Notes, Lotus & IBM, 910625
Industry Contacts

0505 -    ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - Follow up ref SDS 2 0000.
050702 -
050703 - Previously we have had discussion with Robert Koplowitz to set up
050704 - meeting for demo of Lotus Notes.
050705 -
050706 -    My objective is to evaluate Lotus Notes as competition for SDS, and
050707 -    to present SDS as another product for Marathon to market by
050708 -    installing it and providing support.
050709 -
050710 - Marathon Systems                          415 362 0500
050711 - 4 Embarcardero Center, 7th Floor
050712 -
050713 - Robert will put a notice on the Lotus Notes BB, that SDS is
050714 - available.
050715 - ..
050716 - Lotus Notes does "replication" which is a system management
050717 - capabili- ty.  It seems to be mainly an electronic BB.  Permits
050718 - linking to other records, but it is awkward to create the links.
050719 - Marathon seems to be selling Lotus Notes with the same ideas for
050720 - shared knowledge to improve management productivity that underlies SDS
050721 - through POIMS technology.
050722 - ..
050723 - There is some ability to create a subject index, but it does not
050724 - have the structure of SDS.  Mainly this views "management information"
050725 - as correspondence.
050726 -
050727 - Robert seemed to appreciate the concept of POIMS, and indicated Lotus
050728 - Notes is intended for managers to apply directly, but I noticed that
050729 - he himself was using a binder notebook that had his working notes for
050730 - our meeting.  This seems to follow the IBM mold of using a notebook,
050731 - as Ross has discussed from time to time.  They view computers as
050732 - something to sell to people, rather than a means to improve personal
050733 - productivity.  The attachment to manual methods must be very strong.
050734 -
050735 -    In this vein, I related the Intel Engineer's comment about trying
050736 -    to make a computer chip to permit the use of an electronic
050737 -    notebook.
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0508 -