Looking forward to seeing where it goes and hopefully with plenty of Groovy :-)
It was a little disappointing when IBM pulled the plug on Project Zero: https://searchmicroservices.techtarget.com/tip/Project-Zero-a-RESTful-new-beginning-for-IBM That could have been a Domino replacement if steered in the right direction. Cheers, Paul. On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 5:14 AM MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > as some of you night know, IBM has sold IBM/Lotus Domino to HCL > ( > https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-sells-software-portfolio-including-notes-and-domino-to-hcl-for-1-8b/, > > > https://www.teamstudio.com/blog/why-ibms-sale-of-lotus-notes-to-hcl-is-a-good-thing > ). > While it is unclear what that means for the platform, it has always > seemed to me that Domino and Groovy would be a match made in heaven: > Groovy could (due to its static & dynamic nature, performance and > functional-orientation) replace all existing Domino languages: Java > (obviously; replace or extend), LotusScript (yup - replace ;-) ), and > Formula Language (Groovy itself, or the syntax compatible, high > performance Groovy variety coming with Elasticsearch > ( > https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-scripting-painless.html)). > > > > My question would be, if anyone has ever talked to the HCL people and > floated the idea, not solely, but also with regards to the fact that > some Open Collectives being funded by a single company (e.g. > https://opencollective.com/hyper-star-samsung-next-decentralization-grant > ). > > Cheers, > mg > > PS: I am a database/web developer who is formally part of a Domino Notes > team (I used to do Domino development at the time of R5/6), and nowadays > I only access Domino through the (excellent) OpenNTF Java API if needed > (https://oda.openntf.org; using Groovy, of course G-) ), and I hear > about these developments from consultants/colleagues (who suffer through > using LotusScript now that I have introduced them to Groovy G-) ), so it > might very well be that information about the plans of HCL have > surfaced, which I am not aware of, which would make this idea mute... > > PPS: For those who hate Domino/Notes, consider that it is one of the > only surviving RAD tools, while being based on one of the oldest, > proven, powerful & document-centric NoSQL databases. Imho, all it would > need is a little Groovy push, to make this a truly impressive > platform... :-) > > > > > >
