Critical Masses Technology, Inc.

Reading all the press and Yellowverse comments about release 8.5.1 of Notes/Domino is illuminating. As a developer, yes, 8.5.1 is the answer to a great many prayers. In particular, XPages support is being fleshed out nicely, with an upgrade to the native Dojo JavaScript libraries and enhanced documentation. A definitive XSP tag dictionary would be nice, though. I still eagerly await a proper XPages debugger, which, I am happy to report, seems to be in the works. A complete rewrite of the creaky LotusScript editor based upon the modern goodness that is Eclipse is a welcome addition.

It seems that Palm and Sprint are losing steam already with the new Palm Pre phone. I WANT a Pre. Not enough to go out and trade in my 2 year old Motorola Q to get one, but I want one. The thing is, I’m unusual. Most folks who buy phones probably don’t want them for the same reason I or -for that matter- my readership does. Multitasking? I care, but I’m a minority in the phone buying public. The question is, why doesn’t Sprint or Palm get that?