Re: Moving from Windows

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

But Robert asked another good question:  What Domino related products will 
not work on iSeries and how do you handle that?  His concern was with 
Blackberry devices.

Actually there are some products that work only on the iSeries and not on 
other platforms - Domino Fax for iSeries being one.  The old Lotus Fax for 
Notes that ran on other platforms has been dropped.  However Domino Fax 
for iSeries does require an additional wintel Domino client to handle 
outbound conversions.  For example, if you send an email to someone's fax 
machine and you need it to convert that Excel attachment to part of the 
fax and not just an attachment icon - that's where the 'conversion 
service' steps in.

Sametime (or whatever it's nom du jour is) requires an additional wintel 
Domino client to handle 'Sametime Conversion Services'.  This basically 
allows you to have attachments displayed and modified in the whiteboard in 
a meeting room.  Keep in mind, that sametime is so much more than simple 
chat.  It's web based meeting is quite impressive.

There is a Domino, (or is it only Sametime?), product that's called 
'Everyplace'.  I believe that this is what is required to access sametime 
and Notes from my Treo 600.  Again, runs on a Wintel platform.  Domino 
server based.

There's a product called Domino Unity Connection Services, or DUCS for 
short.  That too, is limited to non iSeries platforms (for now).  We use 
this for a Cisco solution to integrate our Notes with our phone system. 
Check email from your phone.  Check voice mail from your Notes.  That sort 
of rot.  Although my boss has had some face-to-face time with Mark Shearer 
and some mucky mucks from Cisco to try to get DUCS working on iSeries.

Out of all of the above, only one of our Domino servers is not iSeries 
based.  And that's the Everyplace server.

Rob Berendt