Collective Soul

I’ve been using Groupwise since the first day I joined my current company and I’m so used to it that I find Ms Exchange is kinda like degraded version of Groupwise. Errr ok, probably some of you might not know what is Groupwise and Exchange … anyway both are an email system which Groupwise is already a history while Exchange is newly implemented mail system in my company (just only this week)

Basically, several useful function in the Groupwise could not be found in Exchange such as tracking function, mail attachment preview and etc. I’ve heard lots colleague of mine complaining about it so much that it keep the administrator for the mail system occupied 24/7 with all kind of question and request. Probably the briefing session given was not comprehensive enough to educate the user including myself.

As the conclusion, I think Exchange is not as good as Groupwise in term of functionality but still Exchange has been chosen as replacement for Groupwise … probably due to some server limitation with Groupwise that contribute to the cause. Maybe it’s just a ‘Change Resistance’ period, I’m sure we’ll get through with it pretty well if Groupwise was never exists as the benchmark. Anyway, it’s as usual … even the administrator agreed that it’s always Micro’sucks’