There is nothing to fear than Websphere itself
Saw this link on Planetlotus.org and I think it's well worth making sure that more Yellowheads know about it. It's becoming clear that more and more Lotus products are being based on Websphere (which I understand and somewhat support!!) so getting to know Websphere is probably not the worst way to spend a weekend. This PDF from IBM (1 hour course to demystify Websphere Application Server for Lotus is now available) is a crash course introduction to Websphere Application Server, what it's all about and what the terminology is. I highly recommend you take a peek.
Microsoft MIX10 vs Lotusphere
With all the talk we have been having around Lotusphere presentations and the availability of session presentations and video afterwards it's strangely refreshing to see how Microsoft approach their MIX10 conference which was just held in Las Vegas. If you go to live.visitmix.com/videos you are able to download all presentations and download or stream all sessions as video (WMV for HD and h.264). They even provide a downloader to download all the contents in one go.