Monday, March 10, 2008

Exchange to Domino/Outlook to Notes migrations

So I've read lately about companies moving to Notes/Domino from Outlook/Exchange and it's interesting to hear that the transitions seem to be much smoother in that direction than in the opposite. Might be something to do with the fact that Notes/Domino is so much more than just email, something that most folks don't get. That can be shown by Microsoft's strategy to get people on Exchange at any cost, leaving many organizations with another platform to support and maintain (Exchange) and still retain a collaboration platform (Notes/Domino) for an extended period while they work out how to migrate to .Net or even if it is possible. In my limited experience with Domino -> .Net migrations, I've had to export all the data out from a database to an Excel spreadsheet or Access Database in order that it can be imported into the .Net app. Since 9x.x% of .Net developers can't spell NotesAPI but most Notes/Domino devs work with Java then the move from non-Notes to Notes/Domino appears to be a less laborious process.
I'll wait for the flames (if anyone reads this!) . . . . . . . .

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