I'm finding this post pretty funny, considering it's coming from a camp which has historically been pretty quick to sling mud at other corporations for "forcing" hardware upgrades on it's users in order to run their software.
Also, any up and coming Virus writers out there might like to take note of this little gem:
I excluded my Notes Program and Data directories from Symantec AV and things are 200% better. I'll pass this on to those who are piloting Notes 8.0 with me. Maybe we can rollout after all.
Jumping across to this post (which is discussing client startup times), the author makes this comment:
I bet that the speed issues that people see with Notes 8 Standard would effect Outlook 2007 as well. Could people be using the start-up time as an excuse for the Notes 8 Standard UI change?
I've got Outlook 2007 and Notes 8 (aka 'Godzilla') installed side by side on a couple of different machines, and let me tell you that comparing the loading times of the two clients isn't going to help your argument very much :)