Yes, we use the various enterprise collaboration tools such as forms, calendaring, resource allocation, and contacts. Don't get me wrong. I love these features. If I wanted email then I could throw up an email "Sendmail" sever on a Linux box. I could do this for less than $500.00 in a half a day, and it would work great for email.
I said this a year ago on this list, and I will say it again... Give me an Exchange server with an Oracle back end and I would be in heaven! -Jim -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange Do you use Exchange for anything other then email? Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE -----Original Message----- From: Jim Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange We are an Oracle shop and an Exchange shop. I can tell you that I will trade Exchange database with an Oracle database any day of the week! I'm not sure of the exact statistics that were quoted by Ellison , but I can tell you that the Oracle 9i database does have 0% data loss. In a non-clustered environment, as long as the hard drives are intact (and in some cases you don't even need all the drives!) you can recover the database and perform functions directly on the database. Let me see you do that with priv.edb. As exchange admins we all use tools that use Microsoft's APIs and scripting tools to interface with Microsoft's exchange database. It would be very nice to have competitive third party tools (like website tools) that can directly interface with the database. On the cost benefit side, I could pay a single enterprise license fee for the Oracle database instead of CALS. A large company could easily have over a $100,000.00 just in CALS. Obviously, this will probably not appeal to the smaller shops out there, but for some of us that already use Oracle, I can tell you we will be watching this development. Jim Sullivan One Call Medical, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:32 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Oracle vs. Exchange Maybe I am missing something but how are 9i and exchange alike one is an email system and the other is a database. How are you going to cannect 9i as a smtp gateway. Chris --- Allen Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not usually a big defender of Microsoft, but I > thought this article was > a little off-base. Ellison claims that an Exchange > Server can only handle > 250-500 Outlook users. Seems like a lot of his > numbers are exaggerated to > me. Thought others might find this interesting if > you haven't already read > it. > > http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D18330,00.asp > <http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D18330,00.asp> > > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
