How long before you expect to upgrade? And how does that compare with the
hardware lifecycle?
If you find a way to future proof anything in this business, please let the
rest of us know. :)
As for Joe's question: are there other packages available? Yep. But as
with anything it depends on what you want to accomplish and your tolerance
for changes. One option might be the open source version of
http://www.zimbra.com/products/index.html which implements what looks to be
a popular new path - AJAX.
There are other open source projects out there as well, but sometimes you
really do get what you pay for.
-ajm
From: "Brian Desmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Microsofts Exchange Server 12 64 bit announcement
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:00:26 -0500
Neither do I. We just put in a 400K dollar Exchange 2003 environment like
18
months ago. I don't think the client is going to be thrilled to hear that
was all a waste as it will only run one version of Exchange.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Microsofts Exchange Server 12 64 bit announcement
Wow. I don't recall Muglia making that statement at the summit, I think he
would have been beaten up pretty bad....
"Muglia made several product announcements during his keynote address.
As part of its commitment to 64-bit computing, Microsoft has been
delivering
products that are optimized for 64-bit, including the newly released SQL
ServerT 2005, Visual StudioR 2005 and Virtual Server 2005 R2. To help
customers take full advantage of the power of 64-bit computing, products
including MicrosoftR Exchange Server "12," Windows Compute Cluster Server
2003, Windows ServerT "Longhorn" Small Business Server, and Microsoft's
infrastructure solution for midsize businesses, code-named "Centro," will
be
exclusively 64-bit and optimized for x64 hardware. In a future update
release to Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server "Longhorn" operating system,
code-named Windows Server "Longhorn" R2, customers will see the complete
transition to 64-bit-only hardware, while still benefiting from 32-bit and
64-bit application compatibility. For the highest-scale application and
database workloads, Windows Server on 64-bit Itanium-based systems will
continue to be the premier choice for customers for years to come."
The LH SBS package is pretty funny too... Imagine going into all of those
small companies and telling them they don't have a choice but to buy a new
server when they want to get the new security enhancements.
I hope MS decides to support K3 and Exchange K3 for some time. Though I am
already seeing a huge reduced emphasis and making K3 work right now.
Any good non-GNU message/collaboration apps out there? Something with maybe
a BSD license?
joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Microsofts Exchange Server 12 64 bit announcement
Where'd you find that?
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Tuip
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[email protected]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Microsofts Exchange Server 12 64 bit announcement
This just in:
"As some of you are attending IT Forum in Barcelona, I want to make sure
those of you who are not get the latest updates. At IT Forum, Microsoft
will
announce broad support for 64 bit across many of its product lines. As part
of that announcement we will be announcing that Exchange 12 will be 64 bit
only. This is a significant decision for us and it is one that we did not
make lightly. Many of you and your customers may have questions about why
Exchange 12 will be 64 bit only and the mail below provides some background
on the factors that lead to this decision and also the benefits from 64 bit
that we are seeing in our early dog food & TAP deployments."
Martin Tuip
MVP Exchange
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