Product comparisons generated by sales and marketing organizations never
compare apples to apples. Not even Microsoft's. Microsoft's Exchange
figures (and Compaq's for that matter) often pound the servers with POP3
transactions? How many of us use Exchange as a POP3 server with thousands
of clients?
The only way to compare servers is to attempt to model your own
organization's usage patterns on the competitors' products. It isn't easy.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
Tech Consultant
Compaq Computer Corporation (soon to be HP)
All your base are belong to us.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Benjamin Scott
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:39 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Re: TCO - Linux vs. Exchange
> http://consultingtimes.com/Serverheist.html
The biggest flaw in the above is that they are not comparing apples to
apples. Exchange is not an email server, it is a collaboration framework
that happens to support email. If all you want to do is email, then sure,
Linux will get the job done cheaper. We have clients who do just that. We
also have clients who run Exchange because they want more than that. If you
want the collaboration, automation, integration, directory, and management
features that Exchange has, I don't know of anything on Linux that gets the
job done. And I say this as an avid Linux supporter.
Ultimately, what it comes down to is, no one size fits all. The correct
approach is to choose the best tools for the environment, not fit the
environment to the tools.
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