[IMail Forum] Marketing vs. Ethics

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Try to look at it with Ipswitch's eyes:   Ipswitch drops 90% of us existing customers, hoping that 10% of us will  upgrade. With the price multiplied by factor ten, they will have the same  revenue with much less customers, thereby massively reducing support.   Targetting a different market with ICS (the MS Exchange segment), the existing IMail customers are nothing but a hassle to maintain.   Our deep product loyality is reflected pretty well by the emotional reactions on this list. Unfortunately, there is no ethics for hardline salesmen.   While I doubt that Ipswitch has a chance in the MS Exchange market segment, they seem confident that it might work. However, they might overlook that their reputation suffers badly from the dropped user base.   Marius [EMAIL PROTECTED]