Outlook vs Lotus Notes (Market Share)

[Page Reed]

Hope someone here can help me out with this one. I am a fan of Outlook (currently using Outlook 2003), but the company where I work uses Lotus Notes and I am trying to get them to convert to Outlook. I have written a paper that outlines many key arguments on why Outlook is better than Lotus, but what I am having a hard time finding out is market share.

Does anyone know or have any statistics on the market share for Outlook vs. Lotus Notes?



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[Mercury]

This is a technical group not a marketing or sales newsgroup.


Hope someone here can help me out with this one. I am a fan of Outlook
(currently using Outlook 2003), but the company where I work uses Lotus
Notes and I am trying to get them to convert to Outlook. I have written a
paper that outlines many key arguments on why Outlook is better than Lotus,
but what I am having a hard time finding out is market share.

Does anyone know or have any statistics on the market share for Outlook vs.
Lotus Notes?



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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Note - Outlook's a client - Lotus Notes is a server & client. It's possible
to use Outlook as a front-end/client to a Lotus Notes/Domino server, but I'm
not sure if that's what you're asking about...the equivalent to Notes server
is Microsoft Exchange Server in this context. I don't have any stats to give
you - I suggest googling, and/or you may want to post this in
microsoft.public.exchange.admin - not sure how much "unbiased" info you'll
get.

Notes isn't my favorite thing in the world (and I personally *hated*
using/supporting the client), but if your company already has an investment
in a Notes/Domino environment, moving to Exchange may not be a
viable/sensible thing for them to do.

One thing you *don't* want to do is connect Outlook as a client to the Notes
server without getting authorization from your IT staff to do so - they're
the ones who have to support it, and desktop standardization exists for a
reason.