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To: p friend who wrote (24653)	12/8/1998 9:29:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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

To: p friend who wrote (24653)	12/8/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: Villemure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Although Domino doesn't run on NetWare, it includes hooks to NDS and can be managed through your Novell servers. It also works well with ZENWorks, which can be a big advantage in managing desktop access to Notes, Notes upgrades, etc. I believe that Novell's channel now carries the NetVision Synchronicity product, which lets you manage the Notes/Domino directory with NDS. I agree that it would be good for Novell to get Lotus to port Domino to NetWare. Until that time, there are advantages for many customers in managing Notes/Domino and other NT-based (or UNIX) resources through NetWare. BTW, one reason for recent increase in Novell's GroupWise sales (up 23% in Q4 98 over Q4 1997) is that Y2K convinced many ccMail customers to move up to NDS and GroupWise. ###

To: p friend who wrote (24653)	12/9/1998 2:29:00 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Respond to of 42771

Hello! Maybe there is a solution here. The most compelling reason to get NDS on NT was to have existing NetWare shops integrate NT as a "specialized" server (such as a Notes host). This would leave NetWare users to maintain their investments in NetWare networks and also adding services through ZENworks and BorderManager. So, why not look into keeping the core services on NetWare and installing NDS for NT 2.0 on the NT servers running Notes. After all, there is a synch tool for Notes to NDS.... Peter Strifas