Often a company has on-staff programmers to develop business applications. First, consider that the in-house migration developers are most likely taken from projects directly related to the company's core business which could affect overall profitability. Second, duplicating a tool with ViNo-like capabilities may take up to a year of development time. Many migrations occur within a much smaller window, and cannot afford a long uncertain time frame. Of course, your assumptions may vary.
Further analysis shows that there are hidden costs spread throughout the company.
These include the amount of productive time lost through the forwarding of mail, the recreation of their folder structure under Notes mail, and the sorting of mail into these folders. Also the loss of co-existence and the ability to reply to messages must be considered. This will also take more productive time away from a staff member. While each site is different, it is possible to make certain assumptions on time and costs that show the hidden price of forwarding messages. Copyright 2001 Computer Mail Services, Inc.