Hi All I run a small business IT services company in the US and we have just started to play with the SME 8 software. So far it seems like a very nice project, and it would be only natural for us to help improve it.
I just read John's future of SME server post and I am intrigued. I have a few questions/comments. 1. Do we have any idea how many users of SME there are? Number of downloads per month? Traffic on contribs.org<http://contribs.org/> website? 2. I would have to agree that the marketing message of SME needs work. The current site somewhat works for technical information but does a horrible job explaining what the server can do for small businesses. 3. In my opinion, the primary competitor to SME is Microsoft Windows Small Business Server. Microsoft has announced that they will be discontinuing SBS as a product. This will create a great opportunity for SME as many small businesses will be searching for a SBS replacement. 4. Has the idea of paid commercial support been explored. I for one would be interested in offering this. I have subscribed to the mailing list and hope to add/contribute to the project as needed/asked. Let me know how I can help. -Chris
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