I am just happy to see people speaking up. Essentially Ipswitch has just bundled other peoples work with their current product and branded it as something else for capital gain. "MY PERSONAL FREE thinking" and logic makes me feel that their decision was not well thought out, especially in the way that it was presented and unloaded on their loyal customer base.
I have to agree that the cost of what they are offering (if we all had a need for it) would be not so bad in itself. However their support history and other areas of slow development reaction times coupled with additional costs makes anyone with logic want to step back and think about where this is going or where it could go. This all could just as easily be the last straw to get the most amount of money they can before shutting down or simply hanging themselves! Normal price raises through the years are expected by anyone with a business mind. However web hosting and ISP markets are being flooded with new companies willing to bootleg the software it takes to get started and offering more for less forcing price reductions in many of the markets where we honest companies make our money. The crooked spammers and hackers impose even more operating costs that raises exponentially with time. Now that the honest companies that believe in paying for what they get are being slammed by these operating cost price increases, it leaves many smaller companies like ours with little recourse but make changes and try to cut costs wherever we can. Regretfully this means moving away from Ipswitch, a company we've trusted and recommended for years. I have faith, we will be able to adapt and survive just fine :) It just means that some of the time I would have spent relaxing and gaming will now be spent researching a new way to do what we are already doing and trying to keep the price in the same ballpark. Right now I am thinking that an SPLA with Microsoft Exchange is looking way better all the time and/or http://www.workgroupmail.com/ that offers an SA for less money and also own http://www.workgroupshare.com/ which Ipswitch is not bundling with Imail. At least with Workgroup Mail server we can still have our unlimited normal emails and grow with Outlook sharing as the market demand, not before we have a market for what we are paying for. Now it Ipswitch had of given this much logical thought, they would be doing the very same thing without losing a large percentage of what they already have. However something like ethics are not as important to some companies as profit, that is truly sad and threatens the overall economy! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Hebert Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 1:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] QUESTION TO IPSWITCH These where MY PERSONAL FREE thinking None of the other Intrasoft personnel are involved in that message. The customer I have talk to are mine only (mainly friends) not Intrasoft's I'm an Intrasoft Employee and will support Ipswitch in any way they go to. Regards, Eric H�bert Network Admin Intrasoft Solutions Int'l T:(450)581-2297 F:(450)581-3815 Web: www.intrasoft.net 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/
