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To: p friend who wrote (24653)12/8/1998 9:29:00 AM
From: ToySoldier  Read Replies (1) of 42771
 
Well that explains his quick decision for switching platforms (he actually isnt switching platforms). So my analogy is not a fit in your case.

He must have some aggressive plans for Notes application development that he is wrapping his platform around Notes. If your five companies do not make up a very large environment then an NT platform will be adequate. If your five companies combined (and future growth) are large, then your IT Manager had better get ready to boost technical support and infrastructure costs. It is well known that the NT platform is not Enterprise capable. As a result, the IT Manager will have to throw a lot more hardware and LAN/WAN bandwidth to give NT the same levels of performance as say NetWare (for file, print, internet, etc.) or Unix (for application servers).

If your IT Manager is as smart as you say, then I would have to believe that your organization is a small to medium sized business with not too many geographic regions. And then he is safe in his decision.

Is he planning on hiring Notes Application developers or out-sourcing to a vendor for this skill. Notes Developers are still a tough resource to find and therefor handing the development work out to a vendor may be his best option.

Just some thoughts.

Toy
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