Comments on: Simple Research – Lotus Notes vs Outlook

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:55:54 +0000

@Bob and JT

I agree. I really do. But you look at those stats and you look at all of the marketing for “Support Microsoft Exchange” (remember the iPhone fiasco?) and wonder about IBM/Lotus’ strength in the email arena.

By: Jack Dausman

Jack Dausman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:55:35 +0000

It’s a fair guesstimate. Thanks for being brave. Growth for the Lotus community is probably not going to come from the same corporate-windows client base that has dominated for 15 years. IBM seems to be competing by changing strategies: developing Lotus Symphony, Connections; creating full multi-client Notes support; updating Quickr; updating Sametime; building Lotus Foundations; and whipping up LotusLive.

This is not a gradual shift in the wind. The challenge for those who enjoy the Lotus collaboration platform, is to ride this tornado.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:24:48 +0000

To continue on the first poster’s comments, most companies list Microsoft office skills the same, mentioning word/excel/outlook. I’ve seen job descriptions for the company I work for list outlook as a “needed skill” and we have been lotus since the company started. Not once have they listed Lotus as a needed skill, they just assume that we will be able to train them on how to use it.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:57:11 +0000

Um, I don’t think your analysis really means anything. I support several small companies who pop into an ISP for their email, using Outlook. These companies will never, ever hire based on mail client expertise but still will list Outlook as a technology that they use. Could they use Notes ? Sure, but they already have Outlook due to their use of MS Office. Even searching on Domino or Exchange will not yield a realistic analysis since Exchange has significantly higher support requirements.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:23:57 +0000

I was looking for all jobs that contained the words Lotus or Outlook. I didn’t want just tech jobs.

I wanted to research how many companies were using Lotus or Outlook not who was hiring for those technologies.

By: Mpoed

Mpoed — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:40:26 +0000

You should have probably tried searching for “Domino” vs. “Exchange”. Outlook will feature in a lot of jobs that require proficiency in office productivity software and those jobs could be for clerks/administrative staff e.t.c
You will hardly see a tech job asking for Outlook skills, rather it will be Exchange if its an MS shop.

IMO