Book Of Jim

  OK, so
We all know how the story goes with IBM marketing particularly with our beloved product Domino..
But coming right off of Lotusphere, with the momentum behind the UI of Notes 8 , now is the time for some serious marketing.

Ya know, Microsoft was there too, and they saw all the same cool stuff we did, along with Oracle, Novell, Google and others.
Microsoft in particular should be getting ready for a HUGE blitz on ripping and replacing Domino with exchange over the NEXT 6 MONTHS for sure.
They know as well as us that after the Notes 8 client hits the street, some 75% of existing Domino shops will migrate as fast as usual (can we say 8.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.a ?) and afterwords may not be so eager to want to jump ship since the final word on why corps "need" to migrate is typically because Notes is just plain ugly.

Now is the time for real marketing. And not the bullshit vague "we have solutions, not software" ads that are currently being displayed (although they are better then we've had in a LONG time)
How about a screenshot!
This is your email on drugs kind of thing?

When it comes to retaining current Notes/Domino customers, its not going to be about selling a solution, its going to be about selling the damn software.

Ah screw it. I'll do it myself

It was announced that IBM profits where up by 7% in the fourth quarter of 06..
40% of that was directly due to software sales increases.
WAY TO GO!!
Now we need to widen that advertising a little

Before hanging up his orange apron , Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli found it in his heart when first appearing on the scene to spend millions of shareholder dollars on ripping out Lotus Notes and replacing it with Outlook and Exchange. According to inside sources, the initiative was directed because Nardelli and the top brass cronies he brought in did not like the way Notes looked, and was more comfortable using Outlook. The general consensus internally was to stay with notes, even after an initial assessment showed it was not economically viable.
Apparently, no one told him about DAMO.
Where the hell was the Business Partner at the time?
Where the hell is that IBM rep now? How could they drop the ball like that and lose that account for no good reason?
No doubt this little nugget of info should be part of any class action lawsuit taken by shareholders, including myself.

OK so the cats out of the bag...Oh well, lets get rolling.
Be sure to shake the hands of the red shirts this year at LS (or black, or white shirts, you will understand)
as usual, in typical L911 fashion we are moving ahead with breaking out our inner ANGST and looking forward to our annual Trek in the Long Bus to Oralndo.
(For those that dont know, the unofficial name of the L911 band is "The Short Bus RIders" ...maybe if your unlucky you'll hear us play....)
see you'all there

OK, so I guess its about time to start doing this. I've created this site using the standard Lotus Domino 7.0.2 Blog Template (hopefully, it won't be this ugly for too long:)
More to come soon.