Peter, Greg essentially covered the matter (thanks, Greg!), but I'll just add the following couple of notes:
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 07:32:48AM -0800, Greg J. Zartman wrote: > > does the opensource and the Mitel version have something in common ? > > Both the development version and commercial version of SME server are > developed by Mitel. SME server is the current name of this Linux > distribution and e-smith is the old name. The base OS for both versions > of SME, development and commercial, are open source and essentially the > same. When you pay money for SME server, you are subscribing to a > service called Service Link that adds various add-ons to the base OS. The commercial version is called the "6000 Managed Application Server" and more information can be found at: http://www.mitel.com/6000mas/ To the base SME Server, we add e-mail virus protection, web access control (URL blocking), guaranteed e-mail (MX-secondary services), the easiest and simplest setup of IPSEC VPNs you will ever see, DNS publishing, and a whole host of software blades that provide additional functionality (instant messaging, outbound fax server, groupware and more). There will be even more coming down the road in the months ahead. > > What do you think about a commercial appliance with the opensource e-smith > > distro ? > > Alot of people do this, but you're on your own as far as tech support > goes. All depends on how you are planning to deploy SME. > > I'd talk to someone at Mitel about SME. They have various options > available that are very reasonably priced. Peter, if you - or anyone else on this list - are interested in packaging our product on an appliance, you are, of course, certainly welcome to use the open source "SME Server" version. However, I think you might be quite impressed by what the commercial version can do for your customers. An added benefit for you, as well, is that many of the services have subscription fees which wind up being a source of recurring revenue for your business. For folks on this list who have been with us since the e-smith days and are familiar with the fact that you had to be a reseller to sell our commercial version, there are now some new options available including the purchase of our product through distributors such as Synnex in the U.S. You no longer have to be a direct Mitel reseller to sell the product. If any of this interests you - or anyone else on the list - please contact me directly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and we can discuss this further. As Greg says... > You should know, though, that this really isn't a good place to discuss > this type of thing as it is a development forum. ... this isn't an appropriate subject for devinfo and I'll end the thread here. Regards, Dan -- Dan York, Product Line Manager, 6000 Managed Application Server Mitel Networks Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: +1-613-592-2122 Cell: +1-613-263-4312 Fax: +1-613-592-1175 350 Legget Drive, Ottawa, ON, K2K 2W7 Canada http://www.mitel.com/smallbusiness/ -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
