On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 15:29, Scott Sanders wrote: > My goal is NOT to target other developers. My goal is to target users > that *HAVE* to have exchange because they: > 1) *HAVE* to use Outlook. > 2) *HAVE* to have real groupware capabilities (calendaring, etc.) > 3) Refuse to give up Outlook for a web-based impl. > > The users will change if they don't know that the change happened. Then > things like Evolution and other clients can plug into an OSS impl. >
+1! > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Scott Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: ECS?? _TOP_ level project of Jakarta?? > > > > > > on 1/29/02 12:07 PM, "Scott Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Innovation is necessary. But duplication is also necessary for the > > > purpose of adoption. The only way to beat Exchange is to look like > > > Exchange. The innovation will then help, but only after the user > > > thinks that it *is* Exchange. > > > > > > Scott > > > > What makes you think that a MIS manager is going to install > > an OSS Jakarta technology over just installing Exchange? > > > > If your goal is to target other developers, then why use > > Exchange at all when there are better solutions out there? > > > > See my point? > > > > -jon > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:general-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For > > additional commands, > > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- www.superlinksoftware.com www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
