[olug] Exchange, Expectations and Enterprise

[Terry]

OX sucks.  It needs a lot of work.

I will throw a curve ball here.  I like exchange....from a client
point of view.  I can access it fine from Linux.  Outside of the usual
anit-microsoft sentiments and linux bigotry, what's the big deal?  As
Dave said, open source does not have a decent replacement (yet). 
Until that day, give in.  You will lose the discussion/battle.

Now, here is the flip side of the argument.  Who actually uses the
functionality that exchange provides?  This can be a viable argument
for some companies.  I use the hell out of the calendar and tasks.  I
rely on the calendar for about everything.  But, there are a LOT of
people who simply use it for email and contacts.  If you want to avoid
exchange in your company.  Do a cost/benefit analysis on that angle. 
You might win.


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:10:53 -0600, Jim <jameso at elwood.net> wrote:
> http://www.kerio.com/kms_home.html
> 
> It integrates with Outlook, has a web interface, handles entourage as a
> native client, etc. Also, can auth off of Active Directory, Open
> Directory, internal database, etc etc. Even has a Exchange migration
> tool to move the mailboxes over for you.
> 
> Down side is, there are some integration issues with Outlook2k, it
> works much better with any version of outlook newer then that. 6.1 is
> due out here soon, I am going to try it again at that point.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Mar 24, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Will Langford wrote:
> 
> > Out of curiousity....
> >
> > Any groupware stuff for OSX ?
> >
> > -Will
> >
> > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:55:27 -0600, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net>
> > wrote:
> >> And the supplicant asked the Oracle:  Why are so many companies
> >> converting to
> >> MS-Exchange, when we all know it sucks?
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