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NOTES ON THE MAC
A short history of Lotus on the Mac
By Barry Rosen
About this article
This article begins our first-ever series on Lotus products running on the Mac platform. Although only a small percentage of our readers use Macs, that number is growing (if only slightly). We are thrilled to have IBM's Barry Rosen back to tell you all about Notes on the Mac.
Stay tuned for his follow-on articles, which will look at the new features of Notes 8.5 on the Mac, and later, his piece on how to troubleshoot Notes on the Mac.
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Twenty five years ago, the world was introduced to the Macintosh. Lotus has a long history on the Macintosh dating back to cc:Mail. With recent announcement of Lotus Notes 8.5 and Symphony on the Mac, and the growing popularity of the iPhone, this is one of the most exciting times for Lotus software on the Mac.
The new 8.5 release on the Mac boasts a new user interface that allows the user to access Lotus Notes' full feature set for messaging and collaboration. As the Mac and OS X make more inroads into the business space, Lotus looks to continue this synergetic relationship. This exclusive DominoPower series looks to explore the history and the current features, as well as give a few tips and troubleshooting techniques on this platform.
Looking at OS X
First, lets take a brief look at OS X's release history. Apple has given each OS X release a code name of large cats. The first release in 2001, 10.0, was internally code named "Cheetah". Later that year Apple released 10.1, internally named "Puma". In 2003, when 10.2 was introduced as "Jaguar", Apple used the internal code name in the official release.
Following its blazing schedule of a new point release a year, in 2003 10.3, AKA "Panther," was released. After re-adjusting its release schedule to a new point release every two years, 10.4 or "Tiger" was introduced.
A year later, Apple made a big change in its hardware. Previously Apple Macs were using Motorola PowerPC chips, when Apple made the the switch to Intel processors. This changed prompted Apple to release 10.4.4 to support both chipsets. This update dropped Classic support on the Intel Macs.
The current release of OS X is 10.5. "Leopard" was released in 2007, it offers 64-bit support for applications. The future release, named "Snow Leopard" , was announced last year and will focus on stability and performance improvements. It may also end support for PowerPC based Macs.
Lotus on Apple
When Lotus Development bought cc:Mail Inc in 1992, the company wanted to enhance Lotus Notes. cc:Mail had a Mac client that was used in the enterprise market, as well as by individuals using cc:Mail as POP/IMAP client. Lotus Notes had Mac versions of its early clients as well.
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