I just listened to the great podcast where Tom Duff and Bruce Elgort interview Eric Mack and David Allen about their up coming presentation at LotusPhere 2009:
Taking Notes Episode 92: 2008.12.14 - A Productive Podcast with Eric Mack and David Allen: Two guys who know how to get things done with IBM Lotus Notes.
Lots of good stuff in that podcast. Eric Mack says that he recommends Lotus Notes as a personal productivity tool. Personal as in "private" - not just as in "working from home".
I have been thinking about that, and I agree. Lotus Notes is great, also as a personal productivity tool. As my colleague Thomas commented, just for the POP3-client it's a nice tool.
But - can I even buy this nice tool for my Mother in Law? Is there a way of buying just one Lotus Notes client? I checked a large, Danish software portal. Searching for Lotus Notes just found me three virus detectors.
Jens Bruntt January 8th, 2009 18:16:36
There is "lotus collaboration express" where you pay for the client only. It is meant for companies with under 1000 users. There are some limitations vs the full enterprise version, but none that matter for a single user.