----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:10 Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Collaboration is now available :(
> > >no, because what is in "the middle" is probably weaker than Imail, which > >is at the top, the reason it's been the market leader for Windows > >integrated mail software for years. > > That WAS certainly the case. However I think Ipswitch got too complacent > and the competition was hungry. Looking at the feature set of some of the > alternatives certainly looks appealing. Plus, the large ISP I mentioned > yesterday that was running IMail moved to SmarterMail because, according to > my friend that works tech support for them, the IMail boxes could not keep > up with the volume (etc...). He said they at first were using *nix boxes > for gateway servers after the switch but they are now even using > SmarterMail boxes for that function too. Frankly I think there's a good case to be made for dividing tasks. Even if we go to a Postfix system for all our mail, we'll probably keep our Postfix mail gateway box in place. At one time we had a philosophy of stacking as much on to one box as possible, but we've sinced learned the lesson of redundancy and factoring in the worst case scenario. Besides, it's quite possible that if we replace IMail with Postfix, that server will still be running webmail, AV service, POP3 and housekeeping, and I don't want to muddle it more with what really architectually is a gateway function. > > History is replete with the market leader (Visicalc v. Lotus, > Novell/WordPerfect v. MS, Ashton-Tate v. Borland, etc...) in a category > being overtaken and surpassed by a new offering that can address changing > market conditions. I can see IMail's point of view. The small and mid-sized ISPs which were its market are a fading group, or at least one heading towards stasis. They're not going to shipping many more units out. I guess it's an issue of try a bold move or fade away. I don't fault them for the ICS release, but I do fault them for basically turfing 90% of their customer base in the process. > > Ipswitch has priced itself out of it's current market while not offering a > robust enough product to succeed in the market that it seems to think it > can enter. I'll be watching with great anticipation the columns in the > trade rags this coming week that will touch on this issue. I agree. I do not think that Ipswitch has a product that is capable of competing with MS Exchange. > > It is interesting to note that not one person on the list has come to the > defense of Ipswitch and said they will be following the "crossgrade" path. I think it's inevitable, and I also think that Ipswitch knew this the minute they made the decision. Maybe they'll find a niche for ICS. I personally doubt it, but I've been wrong before. -- A. Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
