Microsoft does neither have cheap packages nor is it the easiest way out but I have heard those statements too (and I at least understand why it still is an attractive offer). It is the migration with the lowest business risk and you get the possibility to restart nearly from scratch (which is nice in some way). But what is wrong with IBMs message? IBM is moving everything towards J2EE (at least what IBM considers as J2EE/Open Standards) and if you do not like it, you can still use the good old Domino stuff as you did through all those years or move on to something else. That is not the best solution for every Domino shop but it definetely is what the Fortune 500 requested.
Jerome,
Microsoft does neither have cheap packages nor is it the easiest way out but I have heard those statements too (and I at least understand why it still is an attractive offer). It is the migration with the lowest business risk and you get the possibility to restart nearly from scratch (which is nice in some way). But what is wrong with IBMs message? IBM is moving everything towards J2EE (at least what IBM considers as J2EE/Open Standards) and if you do not like it, you can still use the good old Domino stuff as you did through all those years or move on to something else. That is not the best solution for every Domino shop but it definetely is what the Fortune 500 requested.