RE: Considering Domino

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

You may get more responses on the Domino400 list at Midrange.com.

I've installed Domino on a number of occasions and can get a functioning
mail server up and running within a day.  Something which you don't make
clear is whether your vendor is quoting you the cost to migrate your
existing mail server contents from Exchange to Domino (clients and
server) or whether they are just going to install Domino from scratch.
The cost seems reasonable for a migration, high for an installation.

My experience in working with both Domino and Exchange indicates that you
may experience a mild paradigm shift in configuring/managing Domino.  You
generally need to do the same stuff, but Domino uses different
methodologies for storing and configuring your information and it could
take some time to get used to.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kincer, Alan
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 5:03 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: Considering Domino
> 
> We are currently using MS Exchange Server for our email. It does an
> admirable job but I'm debating switching over to Domino. Has anyone out
> there done likewise? I'd be interested in hearing how easy/difficult it
> is.
> 
> Also I would like to know the level of difficulty in setting up Domino
> from
> those who have done so. Despite all of Microsoft's problems it is very
> easy
> to double-click "setup," do some configuration settings and let it go.
> If
> it's like upgrading our EDI package I don't want to fool with it. The
> vendor
> says they will install that upgrade for $4,500 (!!!!!). Why should it
> take
> thousands of dollard to install or upgrade ANY kind of software? That
> to me
> is crazy.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
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