[Am-info] papows resigns

[John J. Urbaniak]

Boy, do I agree with you.  OpenDoc was wonderful technology in its infancy.  And Papows, more than anyone, killed it.

Goodbye, Mr. Papows.  You will NOT be missed.

(But I don't remember his testimony at the Senate hearings.  Are you sure it was Papows?)

Mike Stephen wrote:

> >Paul Rickard wrote:
> >
> >>     According to news reports, Lotus CEO Jeff Papows has handed in his
> >>resignation, effective February 1. You may recall earlier this year it
> >>was uncovered that most qualifications listed on his resume were trumped
> >>up or outright false, and at the time he was accused of being a Microsoft
> >>mole/saboteur who had been screwing Lotus up for several years (Lotus
> >>employees I've heard from hate him more than Gates). Just thought this
> >>was interesting, even if it is somewhat off topic.. (Just call it a break
> >>from bundling, if you will)
> >
> >Well, he *did* gripe about Microsoft in front of the Senate Judiciary
> >committee.  Even if he did screw up the company, I don't seem him
> >being a Microsoft mole.  Sometimes I wonder if this is a symptom of
> >smart people staying away from companies that are in Microsoft's
> >crosshairs (looking at Microsoft's other competition in this area, I
> >can't say Cowpland is any better than Papows).
>
>  Papows was holding Lotus back. Now that he is gone, they can move forward. Too bad he was not dismissed when he
> stated thus: By Cara Cunningham
>
> InfoWorld Electric Posted at 11:25 AM PT, Jun 24, 1996 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
>
> While Lotus is following IBM's lead in working with Netscape, one area in which Lotus flatly refuses to take IBM
> orders is in implementing the OpenDoc standard. Microsoft's similar ActiveX technology is vastly superior, Papows
> said, and Lotus holds no hope for this competing component document specification's future. "I hate to say it,
> but Microsoft has done a wonderful job with OLE 2. We're very ActiveX- and Java-centric, and we're not doing a
> thing with OpenDoc," he said. "It's important to IBM, but we don't think it will matter; we've agreed to disagree
> [with IBM]."
>
> --------- My reply.....
>
> Please submit this note to Mr Papows regarding his statement of Monday 24th June 1996, as quoted in Infoworld. I
> find his statements to be reprehensible and destructive to many in the ISV ranks who have toiled for the past
> three years to finally gain some respect in the popular press regarding OpenDoc. In one fell swoop Mr Papows has
> tubed all the efforts to date. The real point of my dissatisfaction is the fact that Lotus will see no gain from
> this statement and the only effect this will have is to upset many other small independent software vendors. The
> only possible explanation is a requirement of Mr Papows to see his name in the press. At the detriment of both
> his parent company IBM and all others who are diligently working to give the computer industry a new open
> standard. This can only be seen as vandalism at its worst. If Mr Papows had any concern for anyone other than
> himself, he would have said nothing. No one would have been offended. His remarks did more than embarass Lotus,
> they also embarassed IBM. However IBM has enough money and resources that it will have little overall effect. IBM
> can and will suffer potential millions of dollars of losses that may be indirectly associated with this
> statement. However the real crime here is the potential destruction of many unassociated ISV's that will suffer
> as a result of this silly example of Papows bravado. Many other people on the net are very upset with Mr Papows,
> and as a result, there are many people wondering why this man still has a job.... I would like to add my name to
> that list as well. There are many others who would be quite capable of fulfilling the role he fills at Lotus. I
> suggest that Mr Papows be sent packing ASAP!!!
>
> >From the Desk of Mike Stephen
>
> >From the Desk of Mike Stephen
>
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