Sorry, Groupwise fans, but Novell just didn't show up on our radar in the mid-size email business.
When you're looking at this space, Microsoft and Lotus together own 96% of the on-site mail service in businesses (the numbers that IDC, Ferris, and Radicati offer all vary a lot, but no one seems to give the non-MS/non-Lotus camp more than 10% total for everyone). Slicing up the remaining piece is a pretty difficult task, with lots of little players. While Groupwise used to be a major mover-and-shaker, there is no obvious "#3" in this business anymore.
It's clear that we've got a pile of Groupwise fans (why am I remembering the Windows vs. Netware war of about 10 years ago???) here, so maybe we should take a quick look at Groupwise and see how it stacks up.
