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Mr MacKinnon;

In article <1993Jan22.183832.21156@bcrka451.bnr.ca> mackinon@bcrkh1d
you wrote to Art Mansky    Internet: awm@vitro.com

DM>We are just embarking on a simillar evaluation; We have very little direct
  >experience yet, but would be very interested in hearing any feed-back YOU ge

DM>So far, we have (pre-beta) copies of Lotus Notes v3 installed on Mac's and p
  >Unix version coming soon...
  >Lotus' consulting group has given a number of training sessions here, and we
  >are just starting out prototyping apps and evaluating the systems' admin
  >impact... it looks hairy, but the payoff looks worth it!

DM>--
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  > Doug MacKinnon
  > Bell Northern Research
  > Ottawa Canada
  >email address: mackinon@bnr.ca
  >Standard Disclaimer:
  >'The opinions expressed here are my own, and are not necessarily those of BN

Like you, I saw Mr Mansky's post and expressed an interest in hearing
of experience gained.  We are about to launch off on a NOTES
installation for my four workgroup, 200 user, organization, with Notes
being the primary network application -- in fact, its capabilities are
why we're acquiring the network in the first place.  We identified a
business need to gain control over the disparite document form
(spreadsheet, graphs, briefings, memo, point papers, correspondance
etc.), NOTES as the application to meet the need and a network as the
infrastructure required to support Notes.

I would be very interested in sharing any information you glean from
your evaluation, especially regarding the level of ongoing support
needed to maintain Notes usability.

Based on our preliminary review, we intend to place a Notes "guru" in
every major sub-workgroup, about a ratio of one per 12 to 15 users.
These folks would be specifically trained, but not dedicated full time
-- essentially we'd take line analysts, train them up, and expect them
to devote maybe 25% to 30% of their time to supporting Notes.  We
believe this time will be available due to the savings resulting from
the use of the application's features.

Again I would appreciate any information you may be willing to share.
Thanks in advnace.

Keith
keith@sytex.com