Computer Reseller News has this interview with Jeff Papows. Papows discusses his greatest accomplishment and biggest setback at Lotus.

Cybernet Software Systems and IntelliPRINT for Lotus Notes are co-sponsoring the Application Development track They are also giving 100 free Lotusphere 2000 Webcast subscriptions to their customers on a first come first served basis.

iEnterprises, Inc. introduced a new installation wizard that allows users to get up and running with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) using Enterprise Extensions for Lotus Notes or Notes PIM. Enterprise Extensions for Lotus Notes is a way to handle contact management and sales force automation without leaving the Notes mail and address book databases.

Interliant announced it has acquired The Jacobson Group, Inc. (TJG), a professional services firm that specializes in developing and implementing sophisticated groupware and distributed learning solutions using Lotus Notes and Domino.

Lotus CEO Jeff Papows will resign as of February 1. According to PC Week, he will be replaced by IBM veteran Al Zollar.

Lotus Development Corp. announced that it will Web cast the general session and selected presentations live from Lotusphere 2000 between January 17 and 20 at Walt Disney World Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. On-demand video of the Lotusphere opening general session will be available free for 24 hours beginning at 1 p.m., Monday, January 17, and all other live or video-on-demand conference sessions will be available on a subscription basis through May 2.

Contributing editor Dan Huber of Windows CE Power has shared his "best of" list with us:<UL><LI>Most important technology… Transistor<LI>Most interesting product… Mercedes-Benz S500<LI>Best movie ever… Saving Private Ryan<LI>Most interesting use of a new material… Kevlar in speaker drivers<LI>Best bad-guy… Jesse James<LI>Nastiest leader… Adolf Hitler<LI>Person of the Century / of the Millennium… Karl Benz (This was hard!)<LI>Most eagerly awaited technology… The Internet<LI>Most eagerly awaited event… End of Vietnam War<LI>Most interesting new edible substance… Edible underwear<LI>Most exciting event… First moon walk<LI>Biggest news/most newsworthy… End of WWII<LI>Cheesiest concept… Pyramid scams<LI>Silliest technology… Automatic litterbox cleaner<LI>Best accomplishment of humanity… Polio vaccine<LI>Worst accomplishment of humanity… Chemical warfare</UL>

Jason Perlow, Senior Technical Editor of Windows CE Power and Contributing Editor for PalmPower (and a fellow DVD fanatic) clocks in with his "best of" nominations:<UL><LI>Most important technology… Espresso Machine (the entire computer industry runs on it)<LI>Most interesting product… ReplayTV<LI>Best movie ever… 2001: A Space Odyssey / Blade Runner (tie)<LI>Most interesting use of a new material… Velcro Sneakers<LI>Most influential figure… Alan Turing, father of Computer Science<LI>Best bad-guy… Darth Vader<LI>Nastiest leader… Adolf Hitler/Joseph Stalin (tie)<LI>Person of the Century / of the Millennium… J. Presper Eckert, John W. Mauchly and John Vincent Atanasoff (three-way tie), inventors of the world’s first digital computer<LI>Most eagerly awaited event… Unveiling of the Color Palm Device<LI>Most interesting new edible substance… Pop Rox<LI>Most exciting event… Woodstock ’68<LI>Biggest news/most newsworthy… Bombing of Pearl Harbor<LI>Cheesiest concept… Microwave Pizza<LI>Silliest technology… Microsoft Bob [our second nomination]<LI>Best accomplishment of humanity… The Internet<LI>Worst accomplishment of humanity… Fossil Fuels</UL>

Computer Reseller News asks whether the Y2K bug was all hype. Companies mentioned in the article say that the Y2K preparations were absolutely necessary.

Contributing editor Bob Freud of PalmPower clocked in with some of his "Best ever" nominations. For "Cheesiest concept", he nominated "cheese in a can". "Silliest technology" was awarded to Microsoft. "Best accomplishment of humanity" is "universal literacy" and "feeding the poor" (although these are more like best intentions than out and out accomplishments). "Worst accomplishment of humanity," according to Bob, are "weapons of mass destruction", and the "Best musical artists," in Bob’s estimation, are the Beatles, Jai Uttal, and Leo Kotke. While tin-eared David Gewirtz, your editor-in-chief, has no idea who these folks are (OK, he’s heard of the Beatles), he agrees with Bob’s choice for "Most interesting new edible substance": sushi. Weren’t people eating raw fish before the millennium? We don’t care. We still love sushi.