As pointed out by Josh Greenbaum of ZDnet in this post, Project Harmony from IBM connects Notes to SAP and multiple other data sources. Is'nt that great? I mean, how many customers have no other application system other than SAP? That any desktop application technology should be multi-rooted, and connect to several data sources, is surely a no-brainer.
Better, Harmony can be changed out customer site, using Lotus tools - as declared by Rocky Oliver here. As Rocky observes " Duet is a "closed" application, meaning that you cannot modify it at all - you either use it as-is, or you don't use it. " Without doubt, the approach followed by IBM, and my firm, Extensio for desktop integration, that come along with its development tools, is far more extensible and flexible than Duet. Although Harmony works only on Notes, and that makes it unusable by most enterprise users who are on MS Office, it certainly is built better.
I was amused by the comparison of effort required by Duet and Harmony. Rocky claims Harmony was done by two/three engineers - while Duet took 2 whole years with hundreds of engineers in the making. But that is another story.
-Sangeeta
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I had someone else bleating at me about Notes. A techonology that usrely must be approacing it's sell by date.
I doubt that Notes connectivity to SAP would extend the benefits to a large segment of users.
MS Office is the de-facto standard for enterprise desktops, and like it or not, end-users spend most of their time on it.
-Sangeeta
does anyone have direct experience with Duet licensing and whether SAP additionally charges an indirect access fee for Duet users?
the most hopeless product. Will hang your entire network. too highly cost.
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