Archaic programs like Lotus Notes

This made my day…

oDesk is a site where freelancers can bid on jobs. One job on the board is for someone to design an email announcement… inviting people to their events.

There’s a classic line in the job posting:

“We will launch the email announcement from a Gmail account, but it will ultimately reach email boxes powered by a wide array of programs, inlcuding archaic programs like Lotus Notes”

I guess Lotus Notes is archaic… does that make me old too?

13 April 2008 | general | Comments

4 Responses to “Archaic programs like Lotus Notes”

  1. 1 Jaime 14 April 2008 @ 1:47 pm

    I think the arcane part (in the non-corporate world) is the need for a desktop/client install. Now-a-days its web-client only. Outlook who ?

  2. 2 tom 14 April 2008 @ 1:50 pm

    I disagree. People are in love with the fat client versions of their email.

    Gmail is a classic example. Web mail is great for “chatting” through email. But for formatted responses and attachments… the client still wins.

  3. 3 Jaime 22 April 2008 @ 2:07 pm

    I guess the Google Apps team has it all wrong then ?

  4. 4 Charles Burghaus 29 April 2008 @ 2:50 pm

    I heard the same thing about Java a few years ago but it is still going strong.

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