Re: Moving from MS Outlook 97 to Lotus notes R5

[Michael Collier <mcollier -at- arlut -dot- utexas -dot- edu>]

I agree with John's comments about the power of Notes. It's great for

setting up a knowledge base and managing documents through an intranet.



I think end users often get discouraged with it because organizations


don't always plan well for the overhead needed to run Notes smoothly.

Basically, it seems like every work group needs their own Notes admin or

developer. If you will be managing a Notes database of documents make

sure you get more than user-level training and get to know your Notes
developers. I had fun developing databases of documents - it's pretty
neat (got paid for it too). Give it a try before you give up on it.  



Yaacov Garber <ygarber -at- e-and-c -dot- com> wrote:

> My company is switching from MS Outlook 97 to Lotus notes R5. The

> primary

> reason is for tracking and threading product development documentation.

> At this time I am very UNimpressed with Lotus notes.

> Any comments from people who have gone through the same thing would be

> appreciated.



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