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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/05/2026

A surprise breakout of the early web was Lotus Notes, a precursor to all-in-one office suites like Office365. It was so important that its creator, Ray Ozzie, was promoted to Microsoft Chief Software Architect, succeeding Bill Gates himself: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/know... 1/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/05/2026

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Bruce @bruceh72.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

So many things that are bad about Teams today were already bad in Notes.

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Bricin @bricin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This is an odd turn of phrase as Notes was not a part of Microsoft. It was a competitive focus of Exchange and later Outlook (although Notes was shifting to Domino by then).

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