Bruce Elgort

Hello, I am Lotus Domino. And I am Microsoft Exchange...
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
I have the resources to put together a video series similar to the new Apple commercials being aired on TV and the web. For this series of videos I need to develop some themes and some scripts for the actors that put Lotus Notes/Domino up against Microsoft Exchange. Let's start by first coming up with some themes and then work into the dialog between the actors. Sound like fun? I have the perfect candidate to play the Microsoft Exchange guy (are you listening Gary?).

Ben Langhinrichs has posted something about this topic on his blog.

Update 1:

It looks like Carl Tyler has the first theme down - "Search". Take a look at the comments for the script.

Update 2:

How about clustering and failover? Maybe replication, viruses etc.. Keep it clean now - ya'll hear me.

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Comment posted by Nathan T. Freeman05/09/2006 11:56:30 PM


I have the scripts. 3 of them to start with. Just don't have the actors for them.

Didn't I send those to you?


Comment posted by Chris Linfoot05/10/2006 02:55:26 AM
Homepage: http://chris-linfoot.net


ITYM "Hello, I am Lotus Domino. And I am Microsoft Exchange..."

That or "Hello, I am Lotus Notes. And I am Microsoft Outlook..."


Comment posted by Chris Linfoot05/10/2006 04:34:43 AM
Homepage: http://chris-linfoot.net


(resumes several hours later)

These scripts just write themselves, don't they?

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1322


Comment posted by Chris Whisonant05/10/2006 04:54:12 AM
Homepage: http://cwhisonant.blogspot.com


Man, I love those Mac commercials. I nearly died laughing at the virus one. "I think I'm gonna crash!"


Comment posted by Bruce Elgort05/10/2006 05:51:48 AM
Homepage: http://www.bruceelgort.com


@Nathan,

Can you post the scripts for our reading pleasure?


Comment posted by Carl Tyler05/10/2006 06:00:14 AM
Homepage: http://www.iminstant.com


Notes is standing calmly looking ahead

Outlook is shuffling around looking up and down, and all around

Notes looks across at Outlook

Notes: "What are you doing?"

Outlook: "I'm looking for that e-mail we were sent"

Notes: "So what's the problem?"

Outlook: "I can't find it, I know I got it, I just can't find it"

Notes: "Why don't you just search for it? "

Outlook: "What do you think I'm doing?"

Notes reaches directly into a pile of papers and pulls one out from the middle

Notes: "Is it this one?"

Outlook still looking around grabs piece of paper from Notes, stares at it amazed

Outlook: "Yes, but how..."

Notes interupts Outlook

Notes: "I just used my builtin searching capabilities and voila"


Comment posted by Bruce Elgort05/10/2006 06:02:40 AM
Homepage: http://www.bruceelgort.com


Very nice Carl. This episode can be called "Search".


Comment posted by Chris Whisonant05/10/2006 08:29:45 AM
Homepage: http://cwhisonant.blogspot.com


I like!!!


Comment posted by Declan Lynch05/10/2006 08:35:46 AM
Homepage: http://www.qtzar.com


Hmm, here's one for the Domino Clustering solution....

Airport Scene. At check-In.

Two guys approch the check-in desk. Both holding a single suitcase between them.
"Hi, We're the Exchange twins. Just one bag to check-in."

Two more guys approch the check-in desk, each holding a single suitcase.
"Hello, We're the Domino Twins. We'll both be checking in a bag each."

.......

Airport Scene, Lost Luggage Counter.

Exchange Twins at the desk.
"What do you mean our luggage has been lost, we have a very important
meeting to go to. We need our lugage, everything we had was in it, we
can't work without it, It'll take weeks to get everything back on our own"

One Domino twin with another agent at the desk. Other twin in background holding a suitcase.
"... no problem, here's the address to send it to when it eventually arrives,
we have a copy of everything in the other suitcase so there's no hurry."


Comment posted by Julian Robichaux05/10/2006 09:02:20 AM
Homepage: http://www.nsftools.com


"Luggage is cheap... lost luggage is expensive"


Comment posted by Jess Stratton05/10/2006 11:04:30 AM
Homepage: http://www.mattandjess.net


Outlook: *Twiddling thumbs*

Notes: "Um, why aren't you working?"

Outlook: "IT said they are working on the mailboxes or something, and so none of us can work now. Sweet! Just scored 400 in Minesweeper. Hey, so how come you're working?"

Notes: "My mailbox isn't connected to anybody else's. It's a standalone file, so when IT works on some of them, it doesn't affect anyone else."

Outlook: *Pause*

"Sweet! 800!"
*yells over cubicle* "I beat all of you by 20!"

(looks over at Notes) "we've got a pool going with HR".


Comment posted by Alan Lepofsky05/10/2006 11:34:19 AM
Homepage: http://www.alanlepofsky.net


Obviously one around platform support would be great. "Exchange" only running on Windows, "Domino" running on Linux, iSeries, zSeries, etc.

Another could show "Outlook" bored. Why? All he does is email and calendar. "Notes" is always happy. He does mail, calendar, HelpDesk, CRM, product catalogs, blogs, etc.


Comment posted by Sean Burgess05/10/2006 11:59:18 AM
Homepage: http://www.phigsaidwhat.com/


Here goes nothing

Notes: Hello, I am Notes.

Outlook: Hello, I am Outlook.

Monday morning....

N: Say, what are you up today?

O: (enthusiastically) I'm sending and receiving emails. How about you?

N: Me too, plus I am creating a new case study on our Finance Department Intranet site.

Tuesday morning....

N: Say, what are you up today?

O: (less enthusiastically) I'm sending and receiving emails. How about you?

N: Me too, plus I am approving expense reports for my mobile sales force.

Wednesday morning...

N: Say, what are you up today?

O: (looking bored) I'm sending and receiving emails. How about you?

N: Me too, plus I am gathering customer data for next month's convention and sending automated reminders to possible sales leads.

Thursday morning...

N: Say, what are you up today?

O: (almost crying) I'm sending and receiving emails. How about you?

N: Me too, plus I am updating my skills and resume in our internal resume database and searching for a person who has experience in the Construction industry and lives in Seattle.

Friday morning...

N: Say, what are you up today?

O: (head down crying and holding a card that says) I'm sending and receiving emails. How about you?

N: Me too, but I am replicating everything I need locally so I can beat the traffic for the shore and work remotely.

Outlook or Notes, would you rather just do email or actually get some work done?


Comment posted by Keil Wilson05/10/2006 12:46:32 PM


This one might be too complicated. Sorry for the length.

Interoperability and Security

On the right side of the screen, Notes stands calmly in the foreground. Behind Notes stands a bigger taller man (Domino) dressed identically. Behind Domino, there is a four drawer cabinet.

On the left side of the screen, Outlook stands in the foreground. Behind Outlook there are four men (Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, Share Point), all dressed identically to Outlook.

Outlook, Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, and Share Point are frantically handing papers back and forth with Outlook occasionally accepting and handing papers to someone off screen to his right. SQL Server occasionally gets a paper that he puts in his own filing cabinet. The five characters murmur in the background.

Alternately, Notes calmly accepts papers from someone off screen to his left and hands them to Domino, who files them in the filing cabinet, while Domino calmly takes papers from the filing cabinet and hands them to Notes, who passes them back off screen.

This paper shuffling process continues throughout the dialog.

Notes: "Hello, I'm Lotus Notes."

Outlook: "And I'm Microsoft Outlook."

Notes looks over at Outlook with a slightly confused expression.

Notes: "What's going on over there?"

Outlook continues frantic handling of paper.

Outlook, with smug expression: "Me and my posse here are handling email, web-mail, calendaring & scheduling, business work-flow, and web apps. We're what you might call an "Enterprise Business Dream Team"."

Notes, acting impressed: "Oh yeah? Cool. You know, me and my buddy Domino here, we do all that too."

Outlook, looking unimpressed: "Yes, well, have you met my friends Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, and Share Point?"

Notes: "Yeah, I've worked with those guys too. Hi guys." (Notes waves, Domino waves too).

Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, and Share Point wave back and say simultaneously: "Hi"

Then they immediately go back to shuffling paper furiously.

Outlook is handed a black sheet of paper from his off-screen resource. He looks at it funny before handing it back to Exchange and turning his attention back to Notes. As Outlook talks, Exchange and the others hand the black paper around and SQL Server files it in the cabinet.

Outlook, now looking a little irritated: "OK, but we (giving a nod behind him) can deliver corporate-wide portals, email, document management, e-learning, real-time collaboration solutions."

Outlook starts to sniffle noticeably.

Notes: "That's good (nodding with approval). See, me and Domino (giving an nod behind him), we do that too, but we do it using role-based security and technology to deliver secure, personalized access to information and business processes for each and every employee. How do you handle security with all of those guys?"

Outlook sneezes loudly, then has a surprised look. After a short pause, Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, and Share Point all sneeze simultaneously.

Notes: "Eewww. That doesn't sound good."

Cut to a shot of a computer screen running the Notes 7 Basics screen and a mouse clicking on the Mail icon.

At the end you could cut back to a scene of Notes and Domino observing Outlook, Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, and Share Point in chaos with SQL Server grabbing handfuls of paper form the file cabinet and tossing them up in the air.


Comment posted by Jess Stratton05/10/2006 01:17:40 PM
Homepage: http://www.mattandjess.net


Keil, that ROCKED!


Comment posted by Lars Berntrop-Bos05/10/2006 02:01:57 PM


@Keil: perhaps even stronger with a reference to the multi platform capabilities of Notes. Like:

Display unix or iSeries logo on Domino's chest and the cabinet, and a Linux and a Windows logo on Notes guy. Make it stand out. Also, display the same Windows logo on all the Outlook guys. When they sneeze, the Windows logo's red bit should swell and look diseased.
The Notes guy notices with disgust and removes the Windows logo from his chest.

'nother script:

Notes & Domino: Hello, we are the Notes and Domino team!

Outlook & Exchange: Hello, we are the Outlook and Exchange team.

Notes & Domino do a quick exchange of documents, and Notes starts to leave.

Outlook: Where are you going?

Notes: My user is going on a business trip. I just made sure all the important documents are on the laptop.

Outlook: OK!

Notes walks off. After a short bit a modem crackles and Domino answers the phone.
Domino: Great that you closed the deal, I'll update the customer's projected revenue. By the way, your holiday request was approved.

Outlook: <Twiddlling thumbs> Isn't he coming in?

Domino: No, we just replicated all the updates. In fact he only comes in when a meeting is planned here. Where is your user?

Outlook looks a bit lost... And is then hit by a big load of junk-mail. Outlook: Oh noo, he's used MSN again...

'nother script:
Notes & Domino: Hello, we are the Notes & Domino team.
(Domino is wearing a big SameTime logo, Notes is wearing a badge with a glowing light, which slowly changes from red to green. )

Outlook and Exchange: Hi, we are the Outlook and Exchange team.

Outlook: Hey, what is that light?

Notes: My user just logged on, so people can now see the online status.

Outlook: Like MSN (dodging junk email)?

Notes: yah, but without the junk, this server is under OUR control.

Domino takes a bow.


Comment posted by Pete Mcphedran05/10/2006 02:56:34 PM
Homepage: http://www.corefusion.com


How about:

Notes and Domino guys (Notes: Business casual, mid to late 30's, Domino: unpretentious suit, healthy early 40's)
Outlook and Exchange guys (Outlook: mid 30's tired and poorly dressed, Exchange: late 50's under weight and grumpy looking)
Intro's, etc...

Mail starts flowing to the Domino guy and he calmly passes some of them to Notes and deposits others in the trash. Once in a while Notes passes one to Domino and Domino looks in an address book and then calmly delivers it (off screen)

Meanwhile..

Exchange guy is handing mail to Outlook guys furiously, there is an empty trash can with about 1 in 100 going into it, then someone else runs up and grabs the address book from Exchange and starts looking up and sending messages out (off screen), then another guys runs up and grabs the address book and does the same. Ocassionaly Outlook guys passes one to Exhange and every third one is dropped on the floor. Eventually, Exchange guy sneezes violently and all mail stops.

Domino keeps calmly sending and receiving, while occasionally, one of the address book thieves comes over to look at the address book and is politely rebuffed.

Yada, yada, yada, dialogue here and there...


-Pete


Comment posted by 05/10/2006 03:14:30 PM


Single Message Store

Exchange guy -- grossly overweight and wearing a t-shirt with the faded word "JET" on it -- is sitting behind a large desk with a bank of a dozen phones. They're ringing furiously and Exchange guy is trying to handle all the calls at once.

Notes/Domino guy is sitting next to him, with a clean desk, reading the newspaper. Behind Domino guy is a staff of 15 or so assistants, each with their own desk and each answering calls.

Domino: What's going on over there Exchange guy? You look a little frazzled.

Exchange: (struggling with phones) Just a normal day in paradise. Everyone wants their mail, and I'm the only one who can give it to them. (pause) Why are you so relaxed Domino? Your users on vacation or something?

Domino: Nope, normal day at the office. All of my mail users have their own assistant that handles mail for them. That's what my staff back there is doing.

Exchange: Seems pretty inefficient (as he juggles phones). I mean, look at all those people. Just to handle mail. Ha. I can do all that myself. (drops a phone on his foot).

Domino: Yeah, you're a big man Exchange old pal. Nice work over there. (reads newspaper).

Exchange: Besides, every time you get a new user, you have to hire a new assistant. How efficient is that?

Domino: Their wages are actually dirt cheap. Costs almost nothing to hire a new one. And when I run out of office space I just get another office. We actually just switched offices last week, and none of our users noticed.

Exchange: But what about sick days? (coughs)

Domino: Not a problem. We've got a great benefits package. And if one of the assistants gets sick, none of the other users are affected. We just hire a temp.

Exchange: ...

Domino: What happens when you get sick?

Exchange: Um, well... no one gets their mail for a while I guess. But I deserve a break now and then.

Domino: Yeah... (reads paper again)

Exchange: Hey, um... I've got to run down the hall for a little, you know, reboot. Could you take some of these calls while I'm gone?

Domino: Sorry chum. Got some reading to do...


Comment posted by Julian Robichaux05/10/2006 03:35:34 PM
Homepage: http://www.nsftools.com


I think somewhere in the Single Message Store we need to add:

Exchange: But I'm relational!

Domino: Yeah, good for you...


Comment posted by Rob McDonagh05/10/2006 06:25:45 PM
Homepage: http://www.CaptainOblivious.com


@Julian:

*giggling*

Or:

Isn't that ... special...


Comment posted by Danny Lawrence05/10/2006 10:15:31 PM


Active-Active Clustering

In the scene are 2 Dominos, and 2 Exchanges. One Exchange is on a treadmill and the other is sitting on a bench drinking a beer (or zoning out somehow). The 2 Dominos are both on treadmills, and jogging more slowly than Exchange

Domino1: Who's the guy on the bench over there?
Exchange1: He's the other half of my cluster, shoud I crash he'll be able to take over for me.
Domino1: but what is he doing now?
Exchange1: I told you, he's waiting for me to fail and if I do he can take over.
Domino1: That's it? That's all he can do?
Exchange1: Well, high availability is important.
Domino1: But my friend here (indicates Domino2) can take over for me should I fail and vice versa, meanwhile we're both able to be working at the same time.
Exchange1: He is important. . . WOAH!
Exchange1 falls off of treadmill, after some frantic moments Exchange2 gets on the treadmill and starts jogging.
Exchange2: See, that's why I have to be around.
Domino1: Yeah, I guess. (to Domino2) Hey, I'm going to take a break, can you handle things for me?
Domino2: Sure no problem
Domino1 gets off his treadmill, Domino2's treadmill speeds up (but is still slower than the Exchange treadmill), Domino1 comes back, and gets on his treadmill and Domino2's treadmill slows down to its previous speed.
Domino2: You OK?
Domino1: Yeah, I just had to do a little routine cleanup


Comment posted by Darren05/10/2006 11:56:36 PM
Homepage: http://www.dadams.co.uk


Domino guys stands behind Notes guy happily carrying out some standard interactions. Outlook guy is on the floor looking deathly pale. Exchange guy is behind him with two surgeons working on him, sewing a big patch onto his side.

Notes: Need I ask what's going on there?

Domino: Nope, same as last week, Outlook floored by a virus, Exchange needs more emergency surgery to get him thru the week.

Notes: What happens in the meantime?

Domino: Nothing. Okay, I think we're done here, you can go to the airport now... you've got all the data you need.

Notes: Cool, I'll send you an update from a wi-fi hotspot later.


Comment posted by Nathan T. Freeman05/11/2006 12:36:36 AM


Bruce, I'll post mine later today. The scripts are all at home.

It's a very different theme, because I've never seen these Apple/PC commercials you're talking about down here in ZA, and I actually wrote these over a month ago. There's 3 of them, and they have a common theme that might work. But they'd probably need stronger production value than what's being talked about here, honestly. They're a little more elaborate than what's been proposed so far.

As a sneak preview for the audience here, the tagline to the series is:

Innovation Beats Marketing... IBM


Comment posted by Darren05/11/2006 02:26:45 AM
Homepage: http://www.dadams.co.uk


I like the treadmill script, it's actually a very good analogy... although the gap between one treadmill runner falling off and the other starting is too long to put into a t.v. commercial

Like Nathan, I've never seen the Apple commercials. But it doesn't stop us joining in. By the way, related to my post... http://www.theregister.com/2006/05/10/ms_patch_tuesday/


Comment posted by Nathan T. Freeman05/11/2006 02:51:09 AM


Now HERE'S a great basis for an ad...

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=111186


Comment posted by Ben Poole05/11/2006 04:42:28 AM
Homepage: http://benpoole.com


Lots of great stuff. I particularly like Sean's sending & receiving email one


Comment posted by Christopher Byrne05/11/2006 10:05:04 AM
Homepage: http://www.controlscaddy.com/


Personally, I don't like the Apple vs PC ads. I would love to see some mock ads though in the style of the drug commercials. You know, the ones where they have to talk about all the harmful side effects...


Comment posted by Bruce Elgort05/11/2006 10:22:53 AM
Homepage: http://www.bruceelgort.com


@Chris,

Do you watch a lot of ED ads?


Comment posted by Nathan T. Freeman05/11/2006 12:33:41 PM


Here's mine in 3 posts...

The Pitch

Scene: Office interior

First person perspective from behind desk

Somewhat geeky, obviously very young techie comes up to desk. Again, rapid-fire lines with lots of cuts, like you're getting assaulted by the pitch...

"We can implement the new system for FREE!!"

"We just download it right from the internet!"

"The software's included with our operating system."

"We already paid for it when we bought the hardware"

Text on screen (or voice over): How does your business work?

Cut to boss behind desk (who should look as much as possible like the PHB from Dilbert), "Okay."

Back to techie: "Great, we'll just need the 20 new servers, hire these 4 new admins, get 200 hours of this consulting group and send each of our users for a half-day of training..."

Back to boss, dumbfounded. *Blink*... *blink*

Text on screen (or voice over): Free-wheeling? Or free-thinking?

Cut to presentation being made by still-slightly, but less-, geeky tech-guy, at a table of suit

"As you can see, licensing is a small fraction of our total cost of ownership, most of which comes from administration man hours and downtime risk. If you look at the appendix on our methodology, you can see..." (trails off)

Text on screen: Innovation Beats Marketing (all but initials fade and letters shift to form IBM logo)


Comment posted by Nathan T. Freeman05/11/2006 12:35:44 PM


The Massage

Scene: Office interior

First person perspective from behind desk

Shiny suited, big teeth sales guy, Tony Robbins type, smiles at the camera. Spouts off rapid fire lines with frequent cuts, dialog slightly overlapping with himself, Altman-style...

"Let me get you another champagne."

"Have I told you that our top customers are invited to our box at the Super Bowl?"

"Last week we had a great user groups party on our VP's yacht!"

Cut to traditional feet-on-desk perspective, with shoes off, sales guy working his thumbs into the soles of the desk-sitter's feet.

"There, doesn't that feel great?"

Text on screen (or voice over): How does your business work?

Cut to boss behind desk (who should look as much as possible like the PHB from Dilbert), leaning back in his chair with a sigh and a smile

Text on screen (or voice over): Rationale? Or rational?

Cut to from-desk perspective again, this time with two business casual-dressed types handing over a bound report...

"Here's the ROI study for the 3 vendor proposals. As you can see, we have the choice between a lower capital outlay with a smaller but fater return, or a significant investment which will yield major results..." (trails off)

Text on screen: Innovation Beats Marketing (all but initials fade and letters shift to form IBM logo)


Comment posted by Nathan T. Freeman05/11/2006 12:40:26 PM


The Party

Scene: Office party

First person perspective walking through room

As various people was by, they glance sideways at the camera and offer advice in hoarse whispers...

"Everybody's switching to it."

"The other guys are through."

"Our competitors have already migrated."

"It's definitely the most popular."

Text on screen (or voice over): How does your business work?

Cut to slight overhead with people criss-crossing room and whispering unintelligbly in each other's ears, our PHB at the center of it all.

Text on screen (or voice over): High school? Or high-tech?

Cut to report being handed across desk, again in first person, with deliverer commenting...

"Here are the 5 year platform strategies of the 3 leading vendors we got from their websites. You'll see we included current analyst estimates of market share, both by seats and by revenue, along with the last 4 quarters' growth rates..." (trails off)

Text on screen: Innovation Beats Marketing (all but initials fade and letters shift to form IBM logo)


Comment posted by Mike McGarel05/11/2006 10:43:06 PM


Variation of @Keil

Theme: Single Domino server does the work of multiple Microsoft servers.
Tagline: ROI . . . from IBM.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

D: Hello. I'm Lotus Domino from IBM.

E: Hello. I'm Microsoft Exchange.

D: I'm ready for email.

E: Me too.

D: I'm ready to share documents.

E: Me too . . . With my friend SharePoint. (Exchange pulls a person from off-screen to join him.)

D: I'm ready for Web-based applications.

E: Me too . . . with my friend IIS. (Exchange pulls another person on screen.)

D: I'm ready for rapid application development.

E: Me too . . . with my friend .NET (Exchange pulls in another person.)

D: Hmmm -- I said RAPID application development. Well, I'm ready for collaboration, workflow and data storage.

E: Me too . . . with my friends SQL Server, BizTalk Server, Live Communications Server and whatever your name is this month. (Exchange is joined by several others. It's very crowded on the Microsoft side.)

Voiceover: Do you need friends like these? Grow your business, not your server farm, with the collaborative power of Lotus Domino. ROI . . from IBM.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Comment posted by Mike McGarel05/11/2006 11:32:18 PM


Here's another one.

Theme: Domino upgrades don't necessarily need a hardware upgrade.
Tagline: ROI . . . from IBM.


Upgrade Day

D: Hello. I'm a Lotus Domino server.

E: Hello. I'm a Microsoft Exchange server.

D: (Happily.) It's upgrade day for me.

E: (Not so happy and holding a suitcase.) It's upgrade day for me, too.

D: Why are you packed?

E: I have to make way for my replacement. More memory, faster processor -- you know, the usual. I've been through this many times before. Say, how come you're NOT packed?

D: I'm not going anywhere. I can deliver more functionality without a drastic increase in system requirements.

E: Wow. (Chuckles.) Hey, how about those poor developers who have to rewrite all those applications?

D: Not with me. I'm designed to be backward-compatible. Domino developers can concentrate on implementing the new features.

E: Well, enjoy your downtime. Long weekend planned?

D: No. With me, there's minimal downtime. I'll be ready pretty quick.

E: (Muttering) I like my downtime.

Voiceover: Upgrading software shouldn't require you to change everything else. Grow YOUR business, not their business, with the collaborative power of Lotus Domino. ROI . . . from IBM.


Comment posted by Mike McGarel05/12/2006 12:08:46 AM


One more. Then I have to get to bed.

Theme: A Domino server can run on many platforms.
Tagline: ROI. From IBM.


Unchained

(Both Domino and Exchange are wearing track suits and warming up for a race. Exchange is wearing a ball and chain with the Microsoft logo.)

D: Hello. I am Lotus Domino from IBM.

E: Hello. I am Microsoft Exchange.

D: What's with the ball and chain?

E: I only run on Windows servers.

D: Well, I can run on Windows servers. And Sun Solaris servers. And IBM's iSeries, pSeries, and zSeries servers. And of course, Linux servers.

E: (Puts hands over his ears.) Ugh. Don't say the "L" word.

D: For both servers and clients, I like to give people options. Or don't you like that word either?

E: Who needs more than one option?

Voiceover: Choose a server that best fits YOUR company's needs, not theirs. Increase your options with the collaborative power of Lotus Domino. ROI. From IBM.


Comment posted by Mike Fulbright05/24/2006 07:49:55 AM


I have a dream for a great Lotus Notes commercial - have always wanted to share it, here goes...
Begin with a voice and big screen text: What is Lotus Notes ?
Scene 1: Charactor - Engineering Mgr type person saying, "It's our Engineering Change System". As he/she continues yacking, show screens of redline drawings and Approve / Deny buttons with password signature.
Scene 2: Charactor - Quality Mgr saying, "It's our Document Control System". As he yacks, show screens of various procedures, work instructions, etc.
Scene 3: Charactor - Customer Service Rep saying, "It's our CRM System and show him/her on the phone yacking with a customer and entering info on the screen.
Scene 4: Charactor - Receiving clerk, "It's our RMA System and show him/her receiving return merchandise and entering it into the system.
Scene 5: Charactor - Accounting person, "It's our Payroll System and show him/her on the clicking "Process Time Cards" or something like that.
Scene 6: Charactor - IT Guy saying, "Oh yeah, it's our e-mail system too". Show his/her inbox, opening a message, clicking reply.
Close with a voice and big screen text that says, "Lotus Notes: the tool to build anything your business needs."


Comment posted by VMguru00701/27/2008 12:27:17 AM
Homepage: http://www.itcomparison.com


Hi,

I thought a comparison between the two product will help you put this thing all together. Check it out at http://itcomparison.com/Mail/Exchange2k7vslotus8/Exchange2k7vslotus8.htm

Enjoy,
VMguru007


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