OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re:newhotness?)

[Stephen]

Honestly I would love to see a real floss solution to sbs as a whole

I have seen things close but pt quite

Maybe ill start building something as a personal project
Not that I can code to save my life.

On 2/23/09, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 14:14 -0700, Stephen wrote:
>> This is mostly a personal prefrence discussion, but this one is a bit
>> overbaord:
>>
>> "I suppose you can justify whatever you believe to be costs as you see
>> fit. The SBS version is by intent a hampered product to encourage
>> adoption - sort of like the drug dealer giving the drugs away until you
>> get hooked."
>>
>> it is mean for a company that will be of the 20-40 users and no higher
>> than 75 users. it isnt meant as a get started now and then watch it
>> all grow. it is meant to fill a small business niche of one server for
>> your office covering your needs in that one box. it grows to 75 users
>> but is really not meant for that scale. if you are going bigger then
>> they will suggest seperate servers for those needs.
>>
>> the trick really here is on the IT consultant or professional invovled
>> to advise them properly on the needs and their expected growth.
> ----
> I am generally 'overboard' when it comes to the notion of open source or
> more specifically, free license software because I have this notion that
> these distinctions actually matter to the people on this list.
>
> Even the discussions of TCO are actually besides the point when it comes
> to free license. I'm quite certain that Microsoft has commissioned a
> report that concludes in all instances it has a lower TCO.
>
> In only one instance have I ever recommended that a client use Exchange
> and that was because he already owned SBS 2K3 and only had to buy the
> Exchange licenses and because he was a mortgage broker, the client
> software was all Windows based and things like Point are hardwired to
> use MAPI client. Even then I felt soiled implementing it - probably
> because I do feel that open standards and free software matter far more
> than the initial euphoria of using Outlook. I know that ultimately, they
> are going to pay for that choice.
>
> I apologize for expressing my dismay towards those who choose a
> proprietary software package and disfavor open source/free license
> alternatives. It's a particular blind spot of mine.
>
> Craig
>
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