Issues installing Lotus Sametime 8.5 on SLES 10 SP3

When trying to install Lotus Sametime 8.5 on Suse Linux Enterprise 10 SP3, the installer returns the following error message:

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IBM Lotus Sametime Server 8.5
Some required RPM’s wasn’t found at this system.
Please install the current version of the following RPMs before starting the installation:
compat-libstdc++-5
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I found this technote which desribes exact the same behaviour for Sametime 8.0.2. The solution also works for Sametime 8.5

Nutzung des Lotus Domino Servers auf Amazon EC2

Am Mittwoch, den 9. Juni 2010 findet eine Einführung zum Zugriff und zur Nutzung des IBM Lotus Domino Servers auf dem Amazon EC2 Web Service statt. Über das Server-Image erhalten Sie von IBM einen kostenlosen Softwarezugriff auf eine Lotus Domino Serverlizenz, die zur Entwicklung von E-Mail-, Kalender-, Infrastruktur- und Collaboration-Anwendungen.* IBM Lotus Produkt- und Technikexperten erläutern dies in einem Webcast.

How to collect the debug data

Lotus Support Engineers hosted an Open Mic conference call on May 13, 2010 to discuss “How to collect the debug data once for good. What matters? How to interpret the logs?”. This document contains questions and answers and the slide presentation from the call.

Teamstudio Unplugged

Today, Matthew Fyleman from Teamstudio did an one hour presentation on Teamstudio Unplugged. If you are a Notes developer and want to build an application using XPages that will then map directly onto the Blackberry device as a native BB application without having to write a single line of java e.g. , then Teamstudio Unplugged is the tool for you.

Even a developer with only basic XPages skills will be able to build such an application. Another advantage is that the application replicates the data from the server to the device and your users are able to create new documents and edit existing documents even when not connected to the server and replicate the changes to the server once the connection is re-established.

A version for the iPhone will also be available soon. Although Teamstudio Unplugged is a very “young” product, it gives you an impression of what will be able in future releases.

If you want to know more about Teamstudio Unplugged, get in contact with Matthew. Or try it on your own and download a free copy ( not limited in functionallity! ) for a single user here. You don’t have a Blackberry device at hand? Download a simulator here.

Kleine Anfrage … im Bundestag zu dem Problem des Abmahnmissbrauchs im Online-Handel

Das Internet ist transparent und bietet deshalb eine große Angriffsfläche für Abmahnungen jeder Art.
Mittlerweile gibt es eine weit verbreitete Abmahnpraxis, wobei massenhaft Anschreiben an Online-Händler oder auch Private (im Bereich des Urhebergesetzes) versendet werden, um unter anderem hohe Abmahnkosten geltend zu machen. …

Die Zusammenfassung ist hier zu finden, die ausführliche Anfrage hier.

[Review]: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Business Application Development: Beginner’s Guide

Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser plug-in that enables features including animation, vector graphics, and audio-video playback – features that characterize Rich Internet Applications. Silverlight makes possible the development of RIA applications in familiar .NET languages such as C# and VB.NET.

The book ( by Cameron Albert and Frank LaVigne ) is written for dot NET developer who want to build business applications with Silverlight.

No experience of programming Silverlight is required.  Basic understanding of Visual Studio, C#, dot Net development, XML, and Web development concepts (HTTP, Services) is required.

What you will learn from this book

• Learn the basic tools and skills needed to get started in Silverlight 4 business application development.
• Discover how to enhance your Silverlight business applications with rich data such as sound and video.
• Know when and how to customize your data in Silverlight using important data controls.
• Understand how your Silverlight business applications can connect to various Data Sources.
• Deliver your Silverlight business application in a variety of forms.

The book has 490 pages and consists of 10 chapters. Each chapter has a “Time for action … “ section. I totally agree to the motto: “Less theory, more results”, because all examples are explained step by step and easy to follow.

A whole bunch of source code is available. One issue here: the link to the download ( on page 4)  does not work and will lead you to the home page of the publisher. This should not happen; Packt should review it’s QA process!

Another annoyance is the quality of the screenshots; 50% are of very poor print quality. Perhaps not a problem for those of you with eagle eyes, but I had my problems recognizing the details. White letters on a black background are not the best choice.

My fazit: I recommend this book, despite the issues mentioned. You can order your copy here.

UPDATE: here is the correct download link http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/9768_Code.zip

Free eBooks from Packt Publishing

Packt is set to launch two free eBooks to celebrate the brand launch of Packt Open Source and Packt Enterprise. This article offers a slightly more in-depth look at what the brand launch will mean.

My blog is being spammed

Seems like the well known spammer located in Amsterdam has choosen my blog for comment spam.

Akismet does a great job ( 69,466 spams caught, 336,274 legitimate comments, and an overall accuracy rate of 99.994%.) but I saw a lot of comments over the last 24 hours not filtered by Akismet. So I (re-) activated WP-Ban again and are now able to stop the comment spam (for a while).

The internet would be so much faster and even more valuable if these f**ckers would not exist.