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I'll bite... 1 - Document Store (iirc, CouchDB was inspired by Notes/Domino) 2 - Replication - even past the 90s, it was one of the best tools for disconnecte

I'll bite... 1 - Document Store (iirc, CouchDB was inspired by Notes/Domino) 2 - Replication - even past the 90s, it was one of the best tools for disconnected users 3 - Low barrier to application creation (it was about as easy as building something in Filemaker Pro) 4 - Easy publication of applications to the web (this was BEFORE 2000, so kind of a big deal back then) 5 - Administration of servers was pretty easy 6 - LotusScript (similar to vba) let you go much further than the prebuilt formula language (if you were willing to learn it) Keep in mind, these benefits were available pre-2000, and in that time many were strong competitive advantages.

tonyedgecombe 8y ago
Replication was huge, we didn't even have an internet connection when I setup a application replicating between three suppliers and a bank.
- slantyyz 8y ago
  Yeah, when I first started to use Notes, using modems over POTS lines to call HQ was still a thing, so that replication was a big deal. Hell, I don't even think all laptops had ethernet ports back then either. In a lot of cases, you had to buy PCMCIA cards for that.