Work the Web
Written on March 3rd , 2026 by Tech Ads
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THE GREAT INVISIBLE GUIDING
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SMACKED THE INTERNET
UPSIDE THE HEAD > NOW WHAT?
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ie MORE HYPE. No more jargon. No more paradigm shifts, okay? Everybody agrees the
Web has the potential to be a monumental economic force. But from a capitalist point of
view, the Internet has had about as much impact as the two-dollar bill. Why? For one thing,
security is lousy. For another, building interactive websites that are linked to corporate
databases (which is to say, useful information) takes forever. For still another, keeping
those websites updated with timely information costs a fortune. MO. lates Demian: ant aboot
circulating theories about the origins
LOTUS DOMINO" FIXES ALL THIS. Lotus Domino is web server software based on of crap. cifgles: Or f0n pitting more
Lotus Notes* technology. It makes powerful, interactive websites easier to build. It lets stupid stuff on the Web.
people edit and manage the content on those websites using ordinary web browsers — which
means the people who have the information people need can make it available simply by
changing it themselves (this is the way the Web should work, but until now, it hasn't).
It not only lets you control who gets into your system but also what they can see, and what
changes they can make. So you can let your customers see one thing, and your management
another. You can let your finance department make changes to information your European YES. Lotus Domino is for doing serious
sales offices can only see. businessigm the Web. Transforming it
into.a powerful Way to interact with
This makes Domino a powerful tool for creating solutions that are customized to the needs
customers and employees.
-WORK THE WEB"
of your business. To let employees, managers, contractors and suppliers all work
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together over the Web. To help customers find the answers they need. To turn the ;
Web from a digital warehouse for stale jokes and silly photographs into a tool that businesses Lc ytuS
can use to actually get things done. Log in. Find out. www.lotus.com/worktheweb Working Together
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‘Work the Web’
Lotus Domino was a rapid web application development tool from IBM’s Lotus division designed to allow secure browser access to data and processes traditionally housed in Lotus’ Notes groupware application platform. At this point multi-platform, the Domino server ran on Windows NT/Intel, Windows NT/Alpha, OS/2, Solaris/Intel, Solaris/SPARC and AIX with HP-UX under development. Lotus Domino was awarded PC Magazine’s best GroupWare app of 1996..
A mid-1997 Lotus Domino homepage can be accessed at the Wayback Machine. A competitive brief from 1997 can also be viewed in the Wayback Machine.
Taken from: Wired - Volume 5, Issue 7 (July 1997)
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