Re: Office Vision

[John Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat Barber wrote:
> 
> Buck Calabro/commsoft wrote:
> 
> > We're using Notes here right now, and I love it.  Most of us are using it
> > only for email
> 
> Since we have a few folks using the product,maybe one of you guys can
> tell me exactly what it DOES do.. I went to a certification class last
> year that Lotus was putting on.. Not one person from Lotus could explain
> exactly what the product is/does... The generally accepted phrase was
> "It does a lot !" which wasn't what I was looking for. It did not do
> word processing,it did not do mail merge, but it would do a lot !
> 
>  I don't mean for this to sound silly, cause I would really like to
> know... Other than the group stuff and mail... what does it do ???
> document management comes to mind, but what is that ?
> 
> If people are being pushed towards this product, I think that's a fair
> question, that I have yet to see a decent answer to.
> 
> All the rags seem to rave on and on about this product, but I don't
> get a clear reading from all the raving....
> 
> Just call me curious out in the sticks.....

I have had similar experiences with Notes/Domino.  The sales people
don't seem to be able to explain to technical people what it does.

And they have no clue about any custom programming that a "end-user"
shop could do.  

I got a lot of "you could use it do that" responses.  Which anyone who
has purchased software before reads that as "If you really bend over
backwards it might do that in some form or maybe not"

John Hall
Home Sales Co.
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