Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:46:24 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re:  a question for the geeks (or geek like) ...
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> 7/2/2008 3:19 PM >>>
>Michael Walsh wrote:
>>> "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com> 7/2/2008 3:03 PM >>>
>
>>> I don't have a copy here at the moment (surprised?), but I've done =
it
>>> before on work systems, so if you can't figure it out, or find
>>> instructions on the 'net, let me know and we can try to work it out.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>You're welcome.
>
>> Let's cross that Microsoft bridge when I get to it.  Let's see how fast =
=
>> the JH Hospital melts down when Outlook is installed next month.
>
>Well, if you can avoid getting infected with stuff, and get people to
>reconfigure it for standard mail formats, it's not terrible.

There are a number of issues not having to do with the overall quality of =
Outlook:

1) Transferring GroupWise data/info into Outlook.  At the Medical =
Institution there are lots of Federally funded studies going on.  Data is =
automatically forwarded to other hospitals.  They've apparently set up =
lots of complicated "Rules" for GroupWise to follow.

2) Training.  On the basis of the HopkinsOne fubar, ideally the IT folks =
will have learned their lesson.  And since, in theory, Outlook is going =
"live" on August 1st, I forseen all sorts of massive fubaring.

I use GroupWise for email.  The scheduling feature, yeah, for all of my =
trips.  But beyond that, not that much.

mjw