Notes/Domino 8 and Stability
Category Technology
It's now been a little more than a week since I was lucky enough to find and down-load Beta 2. There are plenty of people blogging about all of the new features so I'll skip that discussion, but I am just really amazed at how stable the product is. After giving the product my usual 10 minute testing, I upgraded my servers and workstations the weekend before last. When I restarted my main Desktop yesterday for an unrelated reason, I realized that this is the first time any of the machines have been restarted since the initial install. Pretty damn impressive for a beta product! Maybe others are having a different experience, but from what I can see from the forums, there are a lot of issues (both big and small) being reported about the UI, but very few people seem to be reporting major crashes. I have a not so secret method for figuring out how stable products are. For 20 or so years, Maggie has been a big thorn in my side when it comes to technology. No matter how well I think something is working, or how easy it should be to use, invariably, she manages to break it within 24 hours of implementation. I'm happy to say that I upgraded her to the Beta Client three days ago and I haven't heard a single complaint or issue yet.....
It's now been a little more than a week since I was lucky enough to find and down-load Beta 2. There are plenty of people blogging about all of the new features so I'll skip that discussion, but I am just really amazed at how stable the product is. After giving the product my usual 10 minute testing, I upgraded my servers and workstations the weekend before last. When I restarted my main Desktop yesterday for an unrelated reason, I realized that this is the first time any of the machines have been restarted since the initial install. Pretty damn impressive for a beta product! Maybe others are having a different experience, but from what I can see from the forums, there are a lot of issues (both big and small) being reported about the UI, but very few people seem to be reporting major crashes. I have a not so secret method for figuring out how stable products are. For 20 or so years, Maggie has been a big thorn in my side when it comes to technology. No matter how well I think something is working, or how easy it should be to use, invariably, she manages to break it within 24 hours of implementation. I'm happy to say that I upgraded her to the Beta Client three days ago and I haven't heard a single complaint or issue yet.....