Jeroen van Aart wrote: > Owa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook_Web_Access) appears > to be proprietary. I think proprietary protocols have no > place almost anywhere, but especially not in email and > related functionality. As is shown by this quote: "Some > functions, such as Search, are not available in the Basic UI. > Since there is no current IE installer available for Mac OS X > and no official installer at all for Linux, Linux and many > Apple users can only use restricted functionality."
OWA is proprietary to Microsoft. Other webmail products are proprietary to other companies. Now, you're turning this into an "if everyone in the world" had Exchange with OWA topic. I'm not suggesting this. I'm simply stating that Exchange is a good collaboration server. It meets end users needs and also works with Windows Mobile phones really well. I only referenced OWA because that is what Windows Mobile Phones use to update themselves. I didn't say anything about which OS it would or wouldn't work on. I run a M$ network with all Windows devices except for one MAC that is used in Marketing (and that user has a Windows PC). In my network, your quote doesn't apply. Note that I said "In my network", not "your network". To each his own network (which is what I thought this was all about). > My opinion remains that you need to separate functionality as > opposed to integrate them. The latter will create unnecessary > bloat and complexity. > Plus a dependency on one single service. Now I'm being a Negative Nelly. Doesn't really matter if you separate it. Ultimately, when one's down, it still affects everyone unfortunately. Kind Regards and Happy Thanksgiving (to those who celebrate it) Brett ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
