>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.
>

I agree with this. IPSwitch proably needing to look at other markets and
providing the Collaboration Server in that aspect is a good Idea. 

For me the question is why the need for imediate wholesale abandonment
rather than some sort of transition period that provides IMail as a seperate
product even if direct development is limited or development/support is
limited to patches/fixes.  The Collaboration Server product has been in
devlopment for some time. It seems a transition period of some sort could
have been factored in.

Unless of course part of the thought was "we've got em they are too heavly
invested to switch" they will have to pay. Which seems to be a somewhat
common attiude of some.

This seems like jumping into the pit to fight the 600lb gorilla and flipping
off the guy in charge of the ladder. 

Stu












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