I am desperately trying to get my hands on Domino Access for Outlook v8.0.2. Even a trial version is fine, although my company is a premiere IBM business partner with full licenses to Domino, etc.
I have been scouring the internet to find out how/where to even download a trial version. Everything I’ve found says its in an “/apps” folder on the Domino or Notes install CD’s. However, whenever I download from IBM, I get an .exe file. There is not /apps directory under the temp directory this exe is expanded to. When I install Notes and Domino (I’ve installed both), there is still no /apps directory anywhere.
Can anyone give me the exact name of the DAMO Setup exe file so I can search for it? Or provide a direct link to download a trial of it (a direct link to DAMO itself)?
Subject: What is exact file name of DAMO Setup EXE?
(1) Well, I’m not a passport advantage member, but I have a regular IBM login and have downloaded trial versions of both Domino Server and the Lotus Notes client. The trial is a single exe file and doesn’t have an /apps directory in the unzipped temp folder or in the Domino and Notes Program Files directories after they are installed.
(2) Since these are downloaded, they aren’t full installation CD’s.
Feedback response number WEBB7JJLAJ created by Craig A Peoples on 09/16/2008:
The DAMO 8.0.2 code is available in two places:
(1) Via the Passport Advantage Website.
(2) Located on the “All Clients” CD in the Apps folder.
I’ve learned a bit about how the IBM site is organized looking for this connector, but as an individual, I’m having a tough time finding it. I don’t mind paying for it but it I don’t have an enterprise license. Is there a place to find this for download and purchase someone on the IBM website that doesn’t involve an enterprise license? Thanks, Will
You know, Microsoft gives this kind of stuff away for free. It says something if corporate users hate the Notes client enough to shell out their own money for a workaround.
Without commenting on the pricing model for the DAMO code, I will say the corporate strategy for DAMO Isn’t to provide a replacement for the Notes client for customers who ‘hate the Notes client’ so much as it is to provide a migration path for customers moving off of the Exchange server and Outlook client to Domino and Notes.
DAMO lets customers move the back end to Domino while preserving their existing end user experience. Once the back end has been moved from Exchange to Domino, IBM is in a good position to push the benefits of moving the end users to Notes (access to Notes applications platform, Symphony, etc). Since DAMO supports a mixed environment, there’s also the option of migrating portions of the user base to Notes and leaving others ( executives) on Outlook.
That’s a very good point. I appreciate the reputation that Domino has among the technorati; it’s robust, secure, scalable, multi-platform, etc. But most end-users just want a simple, intuitive e-mail/calendar/contacts client that works well and feels familiar. The Notes client has dramatically improved with 8.x, but it’s still not Outlook. It’s like the end-users are hostages to the IT department. Face it, you just don’t see droves of disgruntled users looking for an alternative - any alternative - to using Microsoft Outlook, even if they have to pay for it themselves. And that’s my point.
Regardless of the motivation for creating DAMO, it provides alot of us with that alternative. There’s no Microsoft connector that works with Outlook 2007. It would be a great olive branch if IBM would make DAMO freely and publicly available to us, and I think it would garner alot of goodwill from frustrated end-users. IBM still gets the server business, and we have a choice of which front-end we prefer to use.
Gregory, I can certainly understand your argument, and as a DAMO developer I’m all for more users for my product! But these strategic decisions are made above my pay grade.
I would suggest that you feed these suggestions into the appropriate Lotus sales and marketing teams. They are most likely to have the leverage to affect these kind of strategic decisions. Politics will always has some play, but in the end I think customer dollars is what drives the decisions so if you have that kind of data I’m sure they’d be interested.
Thanks for your interest in our product!. We’re working hard to continue to improve it to meet our current mission and be ready for whatever comes down the pipe.