[PSNUG.org News] GW vs Exchange

[Brandon Fouts]

From: "John Ellis" <jmepattingham at googlemail.com>
To: ngw at ngwlist.com
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 20:38:51 +0000
Subject: Re: [ngw] Re: Groupwise vs Exchange document

Hi Kees,

My apologies for not being in touch earlier.  Now that Christmas and
New Year festivities are complete its back to business.  As I'm a
member of ngwlist I thought I would reply to your messages via the
list.

Thanks for your comments about my presentation at the GroupWise Summit
in Bruges.  I am hoping that I can make use of the material in some
way to promote GroupWise further, and I'm now talking to Novell about
how to progress things.

I really want the audience to be managers/architects/decision makers
as much as techies and system administrators, and go beyond the
GroupWise community.  There's not much point (is there?) in telling
GroupWise enthusiasts how good the product is and why it remains a
serious alternative to MS-Exchange.

If you're in a company looking for a new messaging and collaboration
system then there are a number of requirements that must be met.  From
where I stand having experience in GroupWise and latterly Exchange
then I can say that GroupWise is a real alternative that has many of
the answers people are looking for.

The issue is that when you're in third place (as GroupWise is) then
you need to heavily advertise your product to keep it in the eye of
your market.  (Who can name the third man to set foot on the moon?
Well it was Pete Conrad and he was a highly accomplished astronaut but
I guess many people have forgotten his amazing mission back in
November 1969.  OK quiz over!)

I hope 2008 will be a successful year for GroupWise and look forward
to seeing v8 released.

Regards

John

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