From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:
> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
> news:60h7ev8jrdmkvhqed359je68p4s7sdk0r2{at}4ax.com...
>
>
>>Unfortunately the article didn't mention how much less
"dramatically"
>>expensive the MS produt was after outsourcing.  It may be that the
>>outsourcing vendor is doing the same thing that the internal IT guy
>>proposed, consolidating Exchange data into bigger, centralized
>>servers.
>
>
> Possibly but you really can't tell from the article. Personally I have a
> difficult time believing they could fill the exchange feature set with open
> source solutions.
>

I'm not so sure. Exchange has been for some time a "target
application" given the way that often it is (like in this case) the
single app which people want to keep. I have seen all sorts of comps
working on exchange replacements (inc exchange clients e.g. the Ximian
connector thingy for evolution).

Kroupware is one example, the HP & now samsung mail system is another.
Oh & IBM would be happy to sell you domino/notes for linux.

There is also the "Volution" thing but given that's a SCO/Caldera
product.....oh & then Suse have something called Openexchange but I've
never looked at it. Oh & then there is the Bynari InsightServer.

IMHO a lot of sites are moving/have moved towards Web based mail systems
anyway. Hotmail etc are now things people are used to a lot more than
Outlook.

Adam

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