tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post9034781307907568985..comments2024-02-28T10:15:50.335+02:00Comments on Lotus Evangelist: Qantas Outsources their brains too?Keith Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107190540208956954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-41223946825347522542010-05-17T03:15:26.869+03:002010-05-17T03:15:26.869+03:00@anonymous, I have been using a Notes client since...@anonymous, I have been using a Notes client since version 2 for 18+ years. Been up and down with it through many iterations but never saw it crash regularly.<br />But then it's my job to make sure all runs smoothly.<br />What makes you think your admins/support people, who couldn't keep Notes running well, can keep Outlook running well?<br />There are problems with every product. <br />My question for Qantas was why not go to Gmail if money was the issue. <br />Having worked on most of the largest, and smallest, Domino and Notes implementations I can feel your pain, but the problem stems from managements choices when hiring IT staff, not the product itself.<br />You will see that the real problems will be found to be network bandwidth, outdated equipment or under performing equipment, scarce support/IT.<br />If your car gets bad mileage is it the driver or the car? In some cases the car but usually it is the driver that has the largest influence.<br />There are many customers not only happy with their Lotus infrastructure but it makes them money from the business applications because it is so dependable.<br />I wish you all well, but truly a 1/4 of the money being spent to move could have been used to clean up your environment.<br />I wish all my clients had that much money to waste on such folly.Keith Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107190540208956954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-71201662868048346612010-05-13T17:30:07.540+03:002010-05-13T17:30:07.540+03:00There are two sorts of people in the world: those ...There are two sorts of people in the world: those who bleat about the benefits of Lotus Notes, and those who actually have to use it.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I fall into the latter category. It would take a lot of time & space to list all the problems with this product.<br /><br />Along with every single QF employee, I am excited to be moving to another e-mail product - any product - because it means I can just get on with my job instead of wasting hours every day with a thoroughly broken piece of software.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-10983840735874176132010-02-08T17:03:19.616+02:002010-02-08T17:03:19.616+02:00@anon thank you for the comments and as a sharehol...@anon thank you for the comments and as a shareholder hopefully it will work out in the long run.Keith Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107190540208956954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994561579739999989.post-35992499445020746062010-02-08T08:35:07.001+02:002010-02-08T08:35:07.001+02:00Well said. As a shareholder, I want the CIO to exp...Well said. As a shareholder, I want the CIO to explain why they have just made a purchase into a technology that is inferior in security, scalability, features and funtional alignment to the rest of their messaging framework. The answer can't be strength of Microsoft solution from either a server-side or end user GUI perspective - since 2006, IBM made a large investment in the Notes client and when optimised, the end user experience between Notes and Outlook cannot be differentiated. But how about the services that are required to move the Domino databases and applications to a .Net framework? They will essentially need to be custom-coded from scratch. Domino is an open mail and messaging platform, an application development framework, a web browser. Last I checked, Exchange was... mail. That's unless you purchase SQL, Live Communications Server, Office Communications Server etc to get comparable functionality. But hey, that's new licensing for Fujitsu and certainly more margin than license maintenance costs that Qantas would have had a direct transaction through IBM with anyay. Qantas shareholders and workers, be aware!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com