Jack Ratcliff

This is absolutely driving me crazy. I keep getting different answers depending on who I ask. You would think this would be simple, but it isn't. Ed Brill even blogged on this subject late last year. Appears that there is now a whole area on IBM/Lotus' web site dedicated now to Lotus Notes/Domino Licensing. However, web-only custom built domino applications and how to license end-users (and more specifically, whether maintenance is needed on browser clients) isn't really covered. Chris Byrne and Steve Castledine both approached the subject of maintenance for web browsers on the blog entry Ed posted back in December. However, it didn't appear the question was answered so you'll notice in comments 21 and 23 I re-asked the question and in comments 22 and 24, Ed answers. Great I thought, it has been comfirmed! You don't need maintenance for web browser clients. I hop on the phone and call our Lotus reseller and lay out what we need. They call IBM to get quotes and then "red flags" go off and IBM wants to talk to me because I only want to pay maintenance on the servers and not the clients.

OK, I know a few people read my blog (not sure why since I hardly update it). But for those who still do read, do you know of any good web developers that are looking for a job in the Atlanta, GA area?

The ideal candidate should be very proficient with HTML, JavaScript and CSS since we are heavily involved in client-side web applications. A big plus would be if they know XML/XSLT since you all know my obsession with XSLT. A lot of our projects involve pulling XML out of Domino, SQL, whatever, and then transforming this data into whatever we want in the browser.

Again, let me stress that I'm looking for a "web developer" and therefore it doesn't matter too much to me what type of back-end database experience they have. Sure, it would be nice if they also new Domino and Domino Designer along with IIS/SQL and Visual Studio.NET but this is not required.

Oh, and this "web developer" has to know how to develop client-side apps that work in other browsers besides just IE!! In fact, one of their first assignments will be to help us update our web apps so that they work in Mozilla based browsers AND Safari for the Mac.

So, if you know of anyone that can help us out, send an email to jratcliff _at_ rocktenn.com Thanks!