Simon, Actually, Ipswitch -DID- announce that these features would be available as an add-on to Imail MONTHS ago. The package was supposed to be released this past April or May, as I recall. Well, the release date came and went, and the few times that Ipswitch mentioned the add-on package they eluded to the fact that they were having some type of problems, but that the add-on module would eventually be forthcoming. They were claiming this as recently as two weeks ago!
That's why most of us were so shocked that this product, which was announced as an add-on module to Imail, was suddenly being forced upon us as part of an "integrated" (yeah, right!) package. The decision to make this a bundled offering was purely made from a financial standpoint, not from a logical or technical one. The odd part is that either Ipswitch has either been lying to us for months now about their plans, or they only decided to pull this stunt as recently as two weeks ago. This certainly does NOT sound like a very well laid-out or organized plan to me, especially considering the reaction they got. So, either they were lying to us for months, or this whole scheme was cooked up practically overnight. Neither is a very flattering scenario. I would be interested to hear from Ipswitch management exactly when they made the decision to do this. William Van Hefner Network Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. http://www.vantekcommunications.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Dodd > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] IMail/ICS Update > <SNIP> > > As I see it, here's what should have happened: if Ipswitch > wanted to compete in the office groupworking suite market, > they should have announced that with the next milestone > release of Imail, customers would also be able to buy a suite > of additional _elective_ modules that would together > constitute ICS. But that isn't what happened - they were, and 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/
