On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:33:19 +0100, Simon Hobson <[email protected]> articulated:
> Jerry wrote: > > >So, rather than update ClamAV and/or their OS, which in the majority > >of cases would involve no monetary expense, users will purchase new > >servers and flock en masse to Microsoft, spend thousands more on > >Microsoft Windows Server 2010, Exchange, etc and learn new skills to > >administer said network. Could I ask you a personal question; are you > >on drugs and if so, can I have some because that is one hell of a > >trip you are on? > > You really think they don't do that ? In the real world, PHBs all > over do take just that sort of decision - how else do you think MS > got where they are. The reasons are legion; however, for starters a fully functional GUI has to listed at or near the top. For instance, one of the more requested features I have seen on the Postfix forum is a GUI. There have even been inquires about one for Dovecot. NetManager <http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/> is becoming very popular in the *nix community. One of Microsoft's greatest accomplishments was their GUI and early use of hot plugging devices and plug & play capability. I seriously doubt that some FOSS EOLing their software had any discernible influence on its success. In any case, none of this has anything to do with ClamAV + EOL. > >Furthermore, why wouldn't these <quote>small companies running their > >crappy and old mailing systems</quote> install updated versions of > >the OS, etc they all ready have installed? > > In many cases, they will have systems that were installed for them > some time ago, and that they no longer have paid support for. When it > "dies" they'll go to someone to "fix it" - and lets face it, there > are a lot more outfits that will tell them they need an Exchange > server than there are that will tell them it's an easy fix. There isn't, at least as far as I know, a fully functional *.nix replacement that is equivalent to Exchange. Some come close; however, I have been told they are not equivalent and tend to be extremely buggy. I don't personally administer either so I cannot state that as a fact. > Jason Bertoch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's broke > > It is now > > > please go fix it. > > I will, now I know about it. But it would have been nice to do it at > a more convenient time, and with advance notice so I could use it to > get some resource allocated by management. As my mother use to tell me (paraphrased): " I shouldn't have to tell you to pick up your toys; you should know enough to do it." The point being is that you procrastinated and now are paying the price. I feel sorry for you. Honestly, I do. Perhaps this is a good learning experience. -- Jerry [email protected] Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ I hope you're not pretending to be evil while secretly being good. That would be dishonest. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
