tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post9036498669317601550..comments2024-02-28T10:15:50.335+02:00Comments on Lotus Evangelist: Fud Buster Friday #49 - Groupwise Beats DominoKeith Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107190540208956954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-83850599289705457352009-07-21T23:40:07.032+03:002009-07-21T23:40:07.032+03:00I have seen that although on paper Domino is the a...I have seen that although on paper Domino is the answer, miraculously a change in course steers it away.<br />If we could find that person first we would be better off. But you can't always find them until it's too late.Keith Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107190540208956954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-90075768758143108332009-07-18T00:03:27.168+03:002009-07-18T00:03:27.168+03:00Horrible...but I had heard recently that West Loth...Horrible...but I had heard recently that West Lothian College (in Livingston, Scotland) did the same...but this time against the protestations of the rank and file IT crowd.<br /><br />Sometimes the people who know, are not included in the loop!Happy_Hibbyhttp://www.twitter.com/Happy_hibbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-9522518315792090462009-07-17T18:34:31.693+03:002009-07-17T18:34:31.693+03:00I decided the proprietary line was obvious, althou...I decided the proprietary line was obvious, although some versions of my post had it I decided to let it go. Hardware is as you point out not an issue. And they probably should have reviewed other hardware options, since that seemed to really be the issue.Keith Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107190540208956954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-25618353765621261592009-07-17T18:07:57.671+03:002009-07-17T18:07:57.671+03:00Wow - even I can tell that's rubbish. I'm...Wow - even I can tell that's rubbish. I'm not an IT guy but 2 years ago I was running Notes for 4 offices - 3 in Scotland (100 miles apart) and 1 in Wales (400 miles?). I was using Notes / Domino 6.5 and we had about 8 domains. I'm sorry but if I can do it then someone who claims to be an IT Administrator can do it. I won't claim it was problem free but most of my problems were caused by 3rd party hosted offices not Domino itself.<br /><br />You missed a couple Keith<br /><br />"benefit in Novell Groupwise and other Open Technologies" - is Groupwise an Open Technology? (I genuinely don't know but suspect it isn't)and the one that I really don't understand (like I say I'm not an IT bod) "Choosing Linux also enabled us to remove proprietary hardware" - what?? I have had Domino 6.5 running on Linux and a Dell Server that cost me £99 (say $160 at today's exchange rate). What has proprietary hardware got to do with anything? Presumably if you have your maintenance contract (and I suspect that this may be the issue here) then you just change over to the version of Domino that utilises whatever OS you use (or is that not how the maintenance works?).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337810401834241892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-39143747465786387232009-07-17T16:58:21.723+03:002009-07-17T16:58:21.723+03:00I agree with both of you. This was just a bad situ...I agree with both of you. This was just a bad situation that wasn't resolved.<br />Some organizations never lead and in this case evidently also don't follow the leaders.<br />Just sad.Keith Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107190540208956954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-74950591420166782682009-07-17T16:49:26.738+03:002009-07-17T16:49:26.738+03:00Groupwise, like most of the Novell stuff is actual...Groupwise, like most of the Novell stuff is actually a pretty good product. What is the Novell/Groupwise market share these days? Try and find an Admin for that! They are no longer even mentioned in most studies. And they're worried about integration difficulties and dead-ends? This appears to be another management decision that was based on personal preferences or relationships instead of facts.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373179345829159317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-52955870992602313062009-07-17T16:46:28.056+03:002009-07-17T16:46:28.056+03:00"We are now hosting four different internal m..."We are now hosting four different internal mail domains; such an expansion would have been extremely difficult to manage in the past."<br /><br />Difficult to manage? We have almost 100 domains that we host on Domino, it's as simple as adding an entry in the Conversions section of our Domain document.Scott Petricighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509380950799312942noreply@blogger.com