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Opinion
Lotus Notes pursued a dead-end path trying to be an operating system
“Lotus would really go down a dead-end evolutionary path with notes, you know, later in its life, in its final chapter, where the application was going to be the operating system.”
David Rosenthal Apr 22, 2024 ▶ 2:35:38 Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Rosenthal: Ray Ozzie built Lotus Notes independently with Lotus as publisher
“Ray, of course, being the author of Lotus Notes, Ray is a legendary developer, and he has great relationships within Microsoft, because Ray built Lotus Notes not at Lotus, but at his own software studio startup, and Lotus was just his publisher.”
David Rosenthal Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 3:36:10 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
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