Re: Evaluating Domino

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Nathan,

re 4.6 to r5 upgrade

We started out in MSMail using the AS/400 as a shared drive - Hey email
over twinax attached PC's.  Then we migrated to Notes r4.5, upgraded to
r4.6 and then went to r5.

Everyone made the upgrade from r4 to r5 such a big hullabaloo.  Whether
that was to make sure you didn't really mess it up, or to sell services, I
am not sure.

Before anyone got Notes they had to take a training class.
Before anyone upgraded from R4 to R5 they had to take another training
class.
We have our own training room.  We had a service do the training.

For an R5 upgrade you might want to check out:
http://www.lotus.com/products/r5web.nsf/websecondary/R5Nav+Upgrade

Our web site runs on Domino:
http:\\www.dekko.com
Sucks over a slow modem - but the powers that be said that we are not
marketing to home PC users - we are marketing to engineers, etc.  Speed is
not a Domino issue, it's the flash, etc.

We have several applications that are written in Domino.  I especially like
our workflow application we've purchased from:
http://www.etq.com

Remember, email was an add on product to Domino - an afterthought.  The
workflow came first.  I am not telling you this to knock their email.  I am
telling you this to enforce the notion that Domino is much more than email.
It's pretty strong in our statement of direction.  Look at this from Notes'
web site regarding our company:
http://www.lotus.com/products/r5web.nsf/webcus/9FC15A9863D773A18525691C00693B93?OpenDocument
One quote from my boss:

 In 1998, Chris Edwards, Vice President of
 Information Services at Group Dekko, told his
 boss that within three years, Domino would be at
 least as important as their ERP package to the
 company. Edwards says, "We're there today. Our
 Domino server on the AS/400 is right up there
 with the most important IT infrastructure we
 have in our organization."


- And this is quite an old link.

We are also running TrendMicro's antivirus package.  We have the 400
download the new pattern files automatically 4 times a day.  I don't think
a virus has gotten through via email.  We have this one customer running
Outlook and I can tell everytime they get hit with a new virus - I am in
their address book, thus I get a copy from about all their employees.
Trend catches it though.  The customer didn't like to be told that they
have more virus's than a crack wh*re - let me tell you.
http:\\www.antivirus.com

Rob Berendt
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin