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FYI although I’m sure that this is no surprise to many of you, considering the trend has been against Notes progressively over the last 5 years.

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Forbes Magazine:  Market Trends – More Bad News For Lotus Notes
http://www.forbes.com/intelligentinfrastructure/2005/08/23/lotus-microsoft-email-cz_dl_0823lotus.html

The past few years have been rough for IBM’s Lotus Notes e-mail and collaboration program. And now there is more bad news.

Two top market research firms, Gartner and IDC, have published new reports showing IBM (nyse: IBM – news – people ) lost yet more e-mail market share to Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT – news – people ) in 2004.

Both research firms now say Microsoft Exchange is king of e-mail, a market Notes once dominated with more than a 60% share.

IDC says sales of Exchange grew 23% in 2004, to $950 million, while Notes sales grew 5% to $745 million. By the end of 2004, Exchange held 51% of the market, versus 40% for Notes, IDC says. That’s a wider gap than in 2003, when IDC estimated Exchange held a 47% market share versus 43% for Notes.

Gartner estimates Exchange now has a 48% market share versus 45.2% for Notes.

The Gartner statistic is a tough one to accept for Notes fans, who have been clinging to Gartner’s last survey, which showed Notes still holding a slim lead in 2003, with a 46% share versus 44.2% for Exchange.

Until recently, Notes spin doctors were still touting that 2003 Gartner figure to refute other reports showing Microsoft taking the lead. For years Notes’ most fervent supporters (mostly consultants who make a living installing and maintaining Notes systems) have insisted Microsoft was not gaining ground, and some even claimed Microsoft was bribing analysts.
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…more at source.
http://www.forbes.com/intelligentinfrastructure/2005/08/23/lotus-microsoft-email-cz_dl_0823lotus.html