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Of course I wasn’t there

Jason Hook — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:13:15 AM -0400

I wasn't there but thank goodness the CGS wasn't streamed.

Remember how uplifted we felt after Benjamin Zander's presentation? I hope IBM haven't reached the bottom of the speakers list "Zander, we had him, what about Zimmern? Well OK we've reached the bottom of the list."

Kudos for lightening the mood there though.

@Rich I hadn't heard that about Zander that's an awful lapse in judgement.

Yup.

Sam Sawatzky — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:03:45 PM -0400

Scheduling:

Totally agree - someone suggested for next year:

1. Open abstracts much much earlier.

2. Include a space for speakers to "Tag" abstracts

3. Once abstracts are chosen, email the registered attendees and have them each select the 40 "top" ones they would like to see

4. Run the data all through Watson and have him/it generate the best possible schedule for everyone with as little overlap of tags as possible.

It seemed like the individual tracks were well managed - but there was little coordination between tracks. Maybe this is a result of the earlier Lotusphere/late call for abstracts?

Wifi

It's IBM, for crying out loud. Come in and set up a decently managed/monitored service. Every access point should be accounted for and monitored for problems. If one is unplugged, then you would know, and could go plug it in. If IBM can't do it, perhaps there's a Business Partner who would like to show that they can....

Coffee

Someone commented that there were more people falling asleep during the sessions. Perhaps this would not be a problem with more coffee.

Quickr

I can see it both ways. Perhaps keeping Quickr as a separate product but having able to integrate/replace Connection Files would be an option....there are companies that don't need the functionality that Quickr provides, and there is something to be said for an easy to use/simple file component to Connections.

(full disclosure - some of these thoughts were cross commented on Mark M's blog as well)

Got a respone from support/dev

alex — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:48:02 PM -0400

Got a non answer from support

Essentially:

symphony components in the qkrconn.exe are not compatible.

solution

Remove the symphony components from the current qkrconn.exe

instead download another symphony only connector that will work.

I don’t think the conductor will be back...

Richard Schwartz — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:58:49 PM -0400

The conductor (Benjamin Zander) was just fired a few weeks ago for knowingly hiring a convicted sex offender to work with a youth orchestra.

BTW: Technically, he didn't kill the animal with the blow torch. He merely singed it enough to remove the membrane covering the siphon. It was the slicing and the eating that killed it. Not that that's any better.

TMI and NEI

Darren Duke — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:43:38 PM -0400

Typo on my part. Actually Andrew Zimmern. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Zimmern. Apparently he has a Travel Channel show and likes to kill live animals on stage at the CGS. With a blow torch. It will be interesting to see if IBM release the video of that closing......doubtful as I'll be on it too :)

TMI and NEI

Brad Hair — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:16:46 PM -0400

Too Much Information:

"OGS : yes, I was watching it from my hotel room on the Dolphin, sans clothes."

That's an image I did not really need.

Not Enough Information:

I was not there, and while everyone seems to agree it was bad, no one is saying who the CGS train wreck was. Who is Zimmermann?

Update

alex — Sat, 7 Jan 2012 08:11:51 PM -0400

Afterback and forth, support was finally able to reproduce. The spr is #CAML8PTTPD

I won't be able to this year, but i am sure someone should remind the quickr next week in Orlando.

HF10 install doesn’t work with Notes Embedded Symphony

Darren Duke — Sat, 7 Jan 2012 01:12:28 PM -0400

Has it ever worked with Symphony 3.x? I've never been successful get that sorted out.

LMC on Fix Central

Darren Duke — Sat, 7 Jan 2012 01:07:55 PM -0400

Jan, to my knowledge (at least as far as fixes I use, Domino, Notes, Traveler, iNotes, Quickr, LMC, Protectors) this is the only product that does that. Now, a LMC licensee needs a server AND the client to be able to use the product, so that makes me scratch my head as to why this is. As a partner we don't get entitlements per-se and PartnerWorld does NOT have these fixes so how are we supposed to get them (bearing in mind most partners are barred from issuing PMRs)?

more is better

Darren Duke — Sat, 7 Jan 2012 01:07:17 PM -0400

Yes it is. Alas my T500 will only take 8GB :(

Ask the PMs

Sean Brown — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:42:35 PM -0400

Just to clarify, yes Ask the PMs is back and will be on Thursday from 11:15-12:15 in the Swan.

more is better

lars Berntrop-Bos — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:44:48 AM -0400

Consider moving to 16GB. I'm running several VMs for development and testing, and am gradually pulling up to the 8GB mark...

Traveler - spell check on Android

Jan Kenney — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:06:16 PM -0400

Spell check for Traveler on Android is in our enhancement request list and I will be reviewing for possible inclusion in a future release.

LMC on Fix Central

Jan Kenney — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:22:53 PM -0400

Checks are done to ensure customers have the base product and are therefore entitled to the full (not incremental) builds provided on Fix Central.

Email on Android

Rob Ingram — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 06:40:14 PM -0400

Which Android devices? They don't all seem to have the same mail app or in some cases any email app to sync with.

Shouldn’t you use Connections Files now?

Henning Heinz — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:51:15 PM -0400

Shouldn't you use Connections Files (and Profiles) now?

Yes on Quickr Connectors for Mac

David Schaffer — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:08:12 AM -0400

Yes, yes, yes on Quickr Connectors for Mac. Folks just will not use Quickr without some form of in place editing. And Notes mail integration as on Windows would be nice too :-)

We use SNAPPS PandaBear for uploading and downloading files, and it's great, but it's not a substitute.

I can't understand why this hasn't been done, especially with IBM's seeming preference for Mac as a desktop.

Doing the do with the PUV - or ’How many PVU’s do I need?’ - Physical server edition

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On a serious note, I had a customer that wanted to upgrade some hardware for their Domino server(s) a few months ago. No new or different Domino license, just an upgrade for aging hardware. They wanted to know what IBM/Lotus was providing for the increased software license charge since they had already paid their vendor for the hardware upgrades.

Attachment Links not created on Notes 8.5.3

Emilio — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:13:00 AM -0400

Same issue here (symphony not detected) ; When sending attachment, it does not create quickr link on Notes 8.5.3,.

Observations about copying .nsf files that use DAOS

Eric Radloff — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:15:06 PM -0400

I recently observed that using replication as the "preferred" method of transfer .nsf's to a new server has some risks... if any documents are in a truncated status, they won't be copied to the new server and will be effectively lost (the same documents work fine on the old server, though, so even though they say they're "truncated", they're still useful and need to be kept). This caused a number of end user complaints during one of my server upgrades. To remedy it, I found there were 2 possible solutions:

(1) write an agent to compare the document counts of each nsf between the old server and the new one, and if the document counts don't match, compare all UNID's between the two and fire a "document.CopyAllItems" at each one that's missing, and sync the UNID value on the new doc in the destination db.

(2) perform a compact -c -daos off and then perform an operating system copy, and then afterwards perform a compact -c -daos on on the new server.

I use solution (1) more often because it's easily mass automated in a notes agent (Set it and forget it), however sometimes I have to use solution (2) because the # of UNID's in the nsf is too large for an agent to handle (I have the agent email me when that happens). I don't like solution 2 though because it requires manual interaction with the server console and the compact takes foooooooreeeeeeeverrrrrr.