Re: Why It Was So Good In The 1990s
I am a Notes/Domino lover and developer since version 3 until yesterday (>30 years). Yes, Domino is a fantastic and unique software product. But HCL's latest move could kill it. You can no longer order permanent licenses, nor renew your support contracts. Now you have to pay a license fee for *every* internal user (CCB, about $20/month) and for *any* external web user (CCX, about $2/month) who must write or edit their own work on the platform. Users who only read or write once and don't edit are *free*. How the hell should a company pay a monthly license for *all* possible external users of its systems? How do you implement this on publicly accessible websites or apps? There used to be some (complicated, yes) licenses from IBM that allowed you to license an underpowered but enought server with unlimited possible web users.
They also have plans to install new license managers and to increase prices and requirements in the coming years, this is clear. If you don't pay every year, your application dies. And it is already known that there is no way to migrate applications, because there is nothing like it. Who is going to hire and develop applications with this system?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
