It's true. But then, how many are still running Lotus Notes R5? Exchange 5.0?
Companies get new management who want their own 'stamp' on their department. Technology and company needs are dynamic. What fit yesterday may not tomorrow. The grass is always greener it seems. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is Exchange Doomed? Seems like nobody's ever happy with what they have, it seems! :) On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 14:57, William Lefkovics <will...@lefkovics.net> wrote: > > There are people moving from hosted to in-house solutions as well. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:27 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Is Exchange Doomed? > > It is indeed more complicated than that, but it still was a large part of it. > > Email management and other IT functions are overhead, to be sure, but > I think it's a grave mistake to put so much internal process into the > hands of outsiders, for many reasons. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 13:06, Michael B. Smith > <mich...@owa.smithcons.com> wrote: > > > > well, i think that both you and i know that it wasn't really that simple > > (in regards to the auto industry). > > > > insofar as pharma is concerned - if someone else can take a business > > requirement and do it better, cheaper, faster than you can - i think you > > should let them do it. > > ________________________________________ > > From: Kurt Buff [kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:02 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Is Exchange Doomed? > > > > 2009/6/25 Michael B. Smith <mich...@owa.smithcons.com> > > > > > > GSKs business is pharma (and I bet using that word will cause this email > > > to be blocked by some people). They develop, pipeline, and market drugs. > > > Not email. Not collaboration software. > > > > > > IT, other than IT that helps them develop, pipeline, and market drugs > > > isn't their core competency. Let someone who does it well do it for them. > > > > That philosophy is what got the US auto industry in heaps of trouble. > > "We design and assemble cars, we don't make car parts" is not a viable > > business model. > > > > Kurt > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
