ANYONE making this mistake should hang their head in shame for such mistake and pack themselves off to the Himalayas to ponder their ability and desire to observe and abide by the 'rules'. Take notice! Those pagans unwilling to seek redemption will be judged for their lack of competence in spelling and pronouncing the name of the entity that has seen fit to bring forth such a plentiful bounty.
And I thought I had seen it all... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:25 Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Ipswitch/ICS a new Harvard Case > According to David Karp from Ipswitch in a previous post: > > " 6. The company that makes IMail is called IPSwitch, pronounced > "eye-pee-switch" > Not true. It's Ipswitch. Big "I", small "pswitch." Pronounced, > "ip-switch." > > In my post below you should replace IPSwitch by Ipswitch. I am very sorry > David. > > -Luis > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto > > Arango > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:29 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Ipswitch/ICS a new Harvard Case > > > > Trying to put all the pieces together, what is going on is just perfect to > > become within a one year or two a Harvard Case. > > > > With the title "How to loose your customers in 10 days" or "A new approach > > to succeed in the software business". > > > > Let's see it from my personal point of view. > > 1. IPSwitch new MTA business model invited me to open my mind and explore > > other MTA products. Now I am wondering how the world is without Imail. My > > weekend will be a lot of fun exploring new products and testing them. It > > is > > just compared to when a girlfriend dumps you.. you just get the change to > > meet new girls, and why not eventually find the woman of your dreams. > > > > 2. Declude and other Imail third party software have an opportunity window > > to become the next generation of Imail and customers are there to start > > out > > a new product line. > > > > 3. Since my company develops costume web based applications I just learned > > a > > lot out of this. When an scenario like the one we are facing shows up, I > > will have more information and third party experience to consider before > > taking any decision about suiting products, giving support, launching new > > products and treating customers. > > > > 4. It would be interesting to see IPSwitch financial and operation figures > > to see what is really going on at IPSwitch. Are they really hurt by their > > old price model? Or perhaps there operation model is too expensive. > > > > 5. ICS it is just a bundle.. that is all. Not innovation whatsoever. I > > believe that if serious buyers take the time to study this list, the > > features ICS offers and compare it with other MTAs I am pretty sure they > > won't buy it. > > > > 6. Large ISPs will be obligated to upgrade to their SA in order to keep > > their operation without any problems while they just explore new options > > based on the point No. 1 of my post. Eventually they may find a better > > product (if ICS doesn't really come out with neat developments) and leave > > having a well planned migration solution. > > > > 7. When IPSwitch bought KillerWebMail I thought there would be a lot of > > innovations in the product as it used to when it belong Human Kind > > Systems. > > But definitely no new kick-ass developments over the years. I am almost > > sure > > that it won't be any in ICS. I am just looking at history. Just like Len > > Conrad said in one post: "Imail is relegated to what it always did best: > > basic SMTP and POP, and webmail, if you must." > > > > 8. Even if IPSwitch come back with an IMAIL product line, they just opened > > my mind to explore new products. > > > > 9. A software company should have always a "control damage" plan with > > "what-if" scenarios when taking this type of decisions. > > > > 10. I was sold on IMAIL/IPSwitch and I was very reluctant to accept that > > their innovation level was behind other small and medium size development > > software firms. > > > > 11. I wasn't sure if their original developers and business strategy > > makers > > were still working at IPSwitch. I just confirm they aren't. > > > > I believe the list is end-less. I am sure that a lot of Business > > professors > > would like to make a Harvard Case out of this. > > > > The future. My guess: If IPSwitch stands with their new business and > > development strategy, the new ICS product line will failure within 1 year. > > Management would take desperate measures to come back to their status-quo > > before October 25, 2004 with no luck. Their costumer base line would be > > very > > little and eventually they will drop it. If no new products (not just > > MTAs) > > come along, they have to down size their business to support and continue > > developing their nice WS-FTP and WhatsUP Gold software. > > > > The other scenario: New ICS becomes a standard in the industry or number 2 > > in the industry. Developments rocks. Price is not an issue since ICS > > features/price ratio beats competitors. ICS proposes new ways to deal with > > messaging being very innovative. Support is out of this world and profits > > are just better than expected. Customer base line are very happy with > > their > > Suite and won't even study any other product alike. IPSwitch develops new > > products and expand to new markets and segments. IPSwitch products > > integrates when necessary. IPSwitch calls for an IPO and all of us buy > > shares from IPSwitch. Everyone Happy!!! > > > > -Luis Arango > > > > ______ > > [Email scanned for viruses by Panda Consulting -www.pandacons.com-] > > [Email escaneado contra virus por Panda Consulting -www.pandacons.com-] > > > > > > 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/ > > ______ > > [Email scanned for viruses by Panda Consulting -www.pandacons.com-] > > [Email escaneado contra virus por Panda Consulting -www.pandacons.com-] > > > ______ > [Email scanned for viruses by Panda Consulting -www.pandacons.com-] > [Email escaneado contra virus por Panda Consulting -www.pandacons.com-] > > > 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/ 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/
