21 Years of Lotus and still going strong
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Presenter: Carl TylerCompany: Epilio
21 Years of Lotus and still going strong
May 2011
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29 Years ago…
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1-2-3 Video
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21 Years of Lotus and still going strong
* Introduction * Corrections
* A long and winding road
* Close
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Corrections
* Oops, 23 years not 21
2011-1988 23
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What happened in 1988?
* Started working for IBM
* IBM 3270 Terminal Email: TylerC2@NOSSVM
* First exposure to Foils - Use XEDIT create presentation content - Send to mainframe printer - Run it through the foils heat transfer machine - Fire up the Overhead Projector
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Foils offered advanced capabilities!
* High Definition Imaging – Photocopy an image put it through the foil transfer machine
* On the fly markup - Grab a pen and markup away!
* Colour Capabilities * Solid State, convenient size
* Hi Resolution pictures
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It all began with a Roland Plotter...
* Found a PC and Roland plotter sitting in an unused office
* Had some important software installed - Lotus Freelance Graphics for DOS
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Oooh pretty
• Pretty Fonts, with things like Bold, Italic and underline
• Pretty bullets
• Pretty Colours
• Pretty Charts, Clip art, Logos, vector graphics
• Pretty TIFF Graphics, not supported on plotters
• I had become the not so pretty Freelance, 1-2-3, Manuscript and PC guy.
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IBM Hursley
• No longer living with the parents!!!• Email: STD0020@HURSVM7• Support IBM Profs, OS/2 Communications Manager, • OfficeVision Trial – fancy fonts• First contact with Microsoft Windows
• Windows 286, IBM BookManager
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The Lotus Years
• April 2nd 1991 – Hired as Customer Support Specialist
• Hired for OS/2 and Freelance Knowledge• Over the next 3 years IBM losses total over
$16 billion• Email Client, Notes 1.0
– Email: Carl Tyler@LotusInt
Notes 1 Demo
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Lotus Initial Impressions
• 80% of calls are on 1-2-3!!!!• OfficeVision is dead• Email upgraded to Lotus Notes 2• Lotus has products I never knew existed• Prince Charles uses Lotus Agenda, Prince Andrew uses
Ami Pro• Lotus Agenda makes grown men cry• Lotus Magellan is better than XTREE• Very few Lotus products print well• Lotus is very different to IBM Agenda, Magellan
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• Became a Systems Engineer• Moved North to Manchester• SmartSuite/NotesSuite• Notes for Groupware• cc:Mail for Email• Microsoft were talking Spitfire, Touchdown
and Windows for Workgroups
Smart!
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Working Together Video
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• Lots of New Products shipped– ViP– Notes Reporter– NotesSuite– Phone Notes– 1-2-3 was late, again
• Lotus merged with IBM• Microsoft Shipped Windows 95• Lotus Ads appeared on TV
1994 and 1995 were big years
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The Monks Video
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• Moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts• Let the travel begin• SmartSuite Press Tours• Products began to be “sunsetted”• My first and last COMDEX• eSuite Press Tours
Hello Boston
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Boondoggle Video
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• R5 Launch Team• Last “Lotus” marketing launch• Lots of day trips• I AM
Notes R5
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I AM Video
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid823496320?bclid=823484669&bctid=823749136