Editing HCL Notes (section)

==History==
Notes has a history spanning more than 30 years.<ref>[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ls-NDHistory Official history of Lotus Notes] IBM DeveloperWorks Web Site</ref> Its chief inspiration was ''PLATO Notes'', created by David R. Woolley at the [[University of Illinois]] in 1973. In today's terminology, PLATO Notes supported user-created discussion groups, and it was part of the foundation for an online community which thrived for more than 20 years on the [[PLATO system]].<ref>[https://archives.library.illinois.edu/e-records/index.php?dir=University%20Archives/0713010/ PLATO Notes Files, 1972-1976 (Record Series 7/13/10)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171703/https://archives.library.illinois.edu/e-records/index.php?dir=University%20Archives/0713010/ |date=December 28, 2017}}, from the [https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=5145 University of Illinois Archives]; this includes several years worth of transcripts of old notes files from the mid 1970s, recovered from very low quality printouts.</ref> [[Ray Ozzie]] worked with PLATO while attending the University of Illinois in the 1970s. When PC network technology began to emerge, Ozzie made a deal with [[Mitch Kapor]], the founder of [[Lotus Development Corporation]], that resulted in the formation of [[Iris Associates]] in 1984 to develop products that would combine the capabilities of PCs with the collaborative tools pioneered in PLATO. The agreement put control of product development under Ozzie and Iris, and sales and marketing under Lotus. In 1994, after the release and marketplace success of Notes R3, Lotus purchased Iris. In 1995 IBM purchased Lotus.

In 2008, IBM released [[XPages]] technology, based on [[Jakarta Faces]] (formerly JavaServer Faces). This allows Domino applications to be better surfaced to browser clients, though the UX and business logic must be completely rewritten. Previously, Domino applications could be accessed through browsers, but required extensive web specific modifications to get full functionality in browsers. XPages also gave the application new capabilities that are not possible with the classic Notes client. The IBM Domino 9 Social Edition included the Notes Browser Plugin, which would surface Notes applications via minified version of the rich desktop client contained in a browser tab.

===Branding===
Prior to release 4.5, the ''Lotus Notes'' branding encompassed both the client and server applications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ls-NDHistory/ |title=The History of Notes and Domino |publisher=IBM 
|access-date=October 24, 2011}}</ref> In 1996, Lotus released an [[HTTP]] server add-on for the Notes 4 server called "Domino". This add-on allowed Notes documents to be rendered as web pages in real time. Later that year, the Domino web server was integrated into release 4.5 of the core Notes server and the entire server program was re-branded, taking on the name "[[IBM Lotus Domino|Domino]]". Only the client program officially retained the "Lotus Notes" name.

In November 2012, IBM announced it would be dropping the Lotus brand and moving forward with the IBM brand only to identify products, including Notes and Domino.<ref>[http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/ibm-drops-lotus-brand-takes-notes-and-domino-forward/ "IBM Drops Lotus Brand, Takes Notes and Domino Forward"] Article published in November, 2012</ref> On October 9, 2018, IBM announced the availability of the latest version of the client and server software.

In 2019, Domino and Notes became enterprise software products managed under HCLSoftware.