Re: And so it begins...

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You believe we need to eat our own cooking, then, Joe?  If we don;t use 
the System i why should anyone else?


Joe Pluta wrote:
> > From: Tom Jedrzejewicz
> >
> > A radical thought ... how about Google Mail (aka gmail) for your
> > domain? It is very cheap, and as for dealing with mail alone (tasks
> > and contacts aside) it blows away the contenders. And it supports POP
> > and IMAP clients, so you can download your messages if you choose.
> >     
>
> Nope.  Personally, I couldn't imagine entrusting my business to Gmail.  It
> might work for some people, but I wouldn't even consider it.
>
>
>   
> > As to the server, is there any reason you did not consider using a
> > hosting service?  Cost may or may not be an issue; there was a long
> > discussion about a hosting service and it's "ROI" calculation earlier
> > this month.  As a business owner, do you really have time to deal with
> > this issue? It certainly doesn't contribute to revenue, does it?
> > --> We are Exchange and Outlook here, but if I had to do it again I
> > would host in a heartbeat.
> >     
>
> I don't use a hosting server because I have way too many things I want to
> try.  I may be a business owner, but my primary business is as an educator
> and a solutions provider, and everything I learn setting up my servers is
> gold, absolute gold, in that business.
>
> Moreover, few hosting sites will give me the flexibility I need.  Most may
> run phpBB, some even run MediaWiki.  Few run Deki Wiki.  By running my own
> servers, I have much more control.
>
>  
>   
> > As to the client, I hated Outlook until I purchased the ClearContext
> > "information management system" that sits on top of Outlook.  Now I
> > love it. It does automatic prioritization very well, manages threading
> > reasonably well, and really does allow me to use Outlook as a "PIM"
> > instead of an email reader.
> >     
>
> No desire to buy a third-party package to sit on top of a piece of software
> that may or may not be backwards compatible with the next release.  I'm
> trying to get away from Microsoft for my mission critical applications, at
> least as far as Internet connectivity.  Even though it was eventually
> resolved and it's not directly related to Outlook, the whole business with
> Office SP3 not opening older versions of documents was the last straw for
> me.
>
> Joe
>
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