Removing the Band-Aid ever so slowly
by Volker Weber
This is a message header. It shows how IBM wants to call it Connect but does not dare to drop Lotus. And yes, I think Connect is a good name. It goes well with "Connections".
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Christ almighty... would they just get on with it already.
The Lotusphere part on the right looks like a cut and paste to a Logo that they spent money designing on the left.
Enjoy the right side this last time... I'd be utterly shocked if it's there next year.
Why would you? As I said, the new stuff is good.
It's time to pull the trigger.
@Volker: Funny, I thought exact same thing the minute I saw it on their Web site... this makes me feel sad. It's like it is an end of an era. This may actually be the last Lotusphere that I get to go to.... (metaphorically speaking).
I feel like we've had this same discussion many, many times over the last 15 years. People keep talking about how IBM is going to kill off Lotus year after year, and every year it just keeps refusing to die.
Weird.
For many people the brand and most of its products are already dead.
Bodek I think Volker is all positive about the change and if it helps taking away an excuse for low performance then so be it. Have a great time at Lotusphere/Connect 2012.
To be clear... I'm not against Connections or the new stuff. I was merely trying to (unsuccessfully) make the point that this would likely be the last year where we had Lotusphere under that same name.
The dates are different, so they are clearly not the same event. Looks like Connect is a sub-event inside Lotusphere.
I don't like the name Connect. Too darn generic.
Just. do. it.
Although I can't say officially (because I don't know), but to me it does not look like a re-branding.
They are different (evident in the pricing pages). Connect is 2 days long and limited access to Lotusphere.
Simon, yes, they're different events. But with Connect being the smaller sub-event, it sure has gotten a lot of logo space there.
What is the banner from? An advert for Lotusphere or Connect? Or both?
The LS12 website doesn't have a connect banner. Connect website mentions LS in one sentence.
I think people are reading too much into it.
No remarks about the elephant in the logo?