On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Shannon Roddy wrote:

> 
> On Apr 13, 2004, at 10:20 PM, Giovanni Tairov wrote:
> 
> > with Microsoft selling their standard version of Exchange 2003 for
> > $297 plus 1.70 per client, why would I look somewhere else?
> 
> 
> One word:  Stability

How about security?  Sendmail's track record isn't great, but it's better 
than MS's.  And when the worms/virii hit, i've found it pretty convenient 
when the server itself isn't also infected and pushing the worm down to 
your clients.

> Seriously though, I did not realize they were selling exchange so 
> cheap.  Guess Linux is hurting them.  I use sendmail and have not 
> really had too many problems.  Once it is set up, it just runs and 
> runs....  I would have close to a year of uptime if I did not have to 
> move it to another rack the other day.

That is pretty cheap....even borders on cost effective for a small number 
of clients.  I wouldn't be surprised if MS started bundling 
Exchange/100-user license with Windows server for free.  That is how they 
normally deal with competing products they can't otherwise beat.

ray



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