It may have been overly simplistic to state that OWA is not client aware. While that is true, it is almost certainly a temporary state. There are two issues that should cause it to change, and the both stem from the same source.
Exchange and Notes will almost certainly continue to pretty much match each other feature for feature. Previous battles have been over including a scheduling system, a web pump, and so on. Wireless is all the rage this year and probably for the next several. In this fight, being able to claim good support for wireless clients is going to be a big deal, although most publicity will probably center on cellular issues, not WLAN ones. Making it easy to use a cell phone that has PDA capabilities to call one's enterprise messaging service and get a so called "transcoded" display of your inbox and calendar will come into both products in one form or another. One could map out a couple of different strategies for doing this. OWA and Domino could be extended to do the job, or it could be done in an accessory like Unity and Unified Messenger. Or, if Microsoft and IBM were to build accessory IP/PBX servers as a part of their collaboration server suites, one could see the features being a part of that. I think it should be in OWA and Domino, but that's me. However it works out, better screen display (transcoding) and direct synchronization without having to mess around with that PC Companion stupidity should both happen fairly soon. Final aside, I think the cellular focus is off the mark. Most enterprises will reap a greater ROI on investments that improve services to small mobile clients within their facilities as opposed to roaming knowledge workers. Improving productivity within the enterprise's physical footprint is more frequently tied to actual productivity increases that make their way to the bottom line. I never saw a company reduce it's management ratio due to the fielding of a new IT product. I'm sure it happens, but it is not the 80% opportunity. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
