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QuickPlace upgrade, hour 39

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Derek

Wow, some of these tasks take forever to run. Our server has somewhere around 260 places and 18 gigs of data. It took three hours to run “upgrade -server” and 9.5 hours to run “upgrade -a”. I’m on to “register … Continue reading →

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A project 3.3 years in the making

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Derek

So, this is the weekend where I finally get to upgrade our internal Lotus QuickPlace environment (a system which I’m responsible for) to the semi-current 6.5.x release. We’re still running the ancient 2.0.8 version, which has been out of support … Continue reading →

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Non-geek speak

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Derek

As I was sifting through my feeds this morning, I ran across this posting by Lotus blogger Rocky Oliver. What really piqued my interest was not the Lotus Workspace vs. Bookmarks debate (I’m a bookmarks guy, myself) but the fact … Continue reading →

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Lotusphere wrapup

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Derek

Ahh… Lotusphere. You go to learn, to be immersed in new technology, to see glimpses of the future, and to be bathed in yellow goodness (yellow is the new black!). The only problem is leaving and coming back to the … Continue reading →

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Back in Buffalo

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Derek

Yes, as Amanda just mentioned, we were in Orlando last week. I went down for Lotusphere last Sunday and Amanda flew down Tuesday night to meet me so we could spend the latter part of the week and weekend vacationing. … Continue reading →

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Geek Week

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Derek

“Lotus – the final frontier. These are the days of Lotusphere. It’s continuing mission – to seek out new connections and new technologies; to boldly go where no company has gone before.” – Patrick Stewart, Lotusphere 2004 Opening General Session … Continue reading →

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