Re: Should we stick with Domino?

Nathan,

I have been working with Domino for 9 months now and find that the server
is about bulletproof. When I first started I was disappointed as I have
been a MS fan for over ten years. The server was coming down several times
a day and everything was foreign to me. After some reading and Q & A I
determined that a employee in the marketing department was creating
databases and transferring entire DB2 databases from Mapics trying to
create his own little world. I promptly shut him down and halted all
development. I'm a Mapics/400 guy and believe you should a least try to use
the product before modifying. Once I stopped the marketing guy the server
has not missed a beat. Very impressed. Lesson learned is that you must buy
additional instances of the Domino server if you wish to do application
development as well as email.

The notes client on the other hand just flat out sucks. It's a resource hog
and is missing several things that Outlook does very well. I tried the
Inotes thing and tossed it out after two days. Up until two weeks ago I was
running Outlook 2000 on Win '98 and using POP3 to send and receive mail,
worked great. I then upgraded to Win 2000 pro and could not get SMTP mail
to go. Rather than try to find out a work around I have forced myself to
use the notes client as I must support 70 users. I also use Intellsync to
connect my Ipaq 3600 to notes, works great.

Feel free to call me if you would like more info on my experiences.

Richard Bryant
MIS Coordinator
Quipp Systems Inc.
Ext. 426
E-mail: rbryant@quipp.com
Work: 305-623-8700 x426
Cell: 954-558-4192



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Hi All,

We are currently running Domino 4.6b on our V4R5 AS/400 which is a model
720. It has 123GB disk space running at 53% and 2.5GB memory.

There will be around mail 150 users.

We currently do not have a connection to the Internet for email but will
have once this decision has been made.

Obviously we will need to upgrade no matter what, but should be we stick
with Domino?

We make very little use of databases. They are used mainly for a few IT
documents, like problem fixes etc.

We do use calendaring and To Do lists.

Replication is cool for remote users.

And we may or may not use it as our web server.

Why should we stick with Domino? I know the new version lets you use
Outlook. That is pretty good. Is it only for mail or can you open databases
as well?

Any reasons why we should use Domino Web Server instead of AS/400 Web
Server?

I know newer versions have really enhanced browser mail access over
previous
versions.

Any other good reasons?

I know you guys are all for Domino that is why you are on this list but I
would like some answers from you people who have gone the way of Domino for
one particular reason or another.

Or for what we want are just better off using the AS/400 SMTP and POP
servers?

TIA

Regards,

Nathan Simpson
Australian Wool Handlers


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