The monthly St. Louis GNU/Linux Users Group meeting will be tomorrow, Thursday, October 18. Our topic will be Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino. The speakers will be Tom Bowman and Mike Wissinger from TeamCentric. The room opens at 6:00 PM. The meeting "officially" starts at 7:00, but you are encouraged to arrive early to socialize and discuss various topics with other members. More info and directions can be found at http://stllug.sluug.org/. The Lotus Notes presentation will cover the entire range of Lotus Notes: * Lotus Notes client * Email * Calendar * To-do lists * Address book * Lotus Domino server * Compatibility with Linux * Lotus Documents * Built upon OpenOffice and Eclipse * ODF compatibility * Word processor * Spreadsheet * Presentation tools * Sametime * Secure Instant Messaging * Web Conferencing * Awareness * Interfacing with AIM, Yahoo Messenger, etc. * Blogging template * Building applications on the Notes/Domino platform * Example CRM and Expense Reporting application TeamCentric is an IBM Premier Business Partner. They specialize in Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, and the rest of the Lotus product family. They provide solutions for enterprise messaging, customer relations management (CRM), document management, team collaboration, and training. You can find them on the web at http://teamcentric.com/. Lotus Notes has changed a lot over the years, and is significantly different than you may remember. IBM's commitment to GNU/Linux and open standards shows in their Lotus Notes/Domino products, especially with the introduction of the Eclipse- and OpenOffice-based office productivity applications. We hope you can make it.