As if users needed any more reminders they’re stuck on a dying platform
HCL has given users of versions 9.x and 10.x of its Domino groupware platform two years warning that they’ll have to upgrade or live without support. Domino started life as Lotus Notes before IBM bought the company and milked the groupware platform for decades then offloaded it to India’s HCL in 2018. HCL has since released two major upgrades: 2020’s version 11 and 2021’s version 12. Now it looks like HCL wants to maximize the ROI on those efforts – a suggestion The Register makes as the company today emailed Domino users warning them that versions 9.x and 10.x won’t be sold as of December 1, 2022, and won’t receive any support as of June 1, 2024.
«Due to the age of these releases, HCL will not be offering extended support for these specific product versions», the email states.
