scalix is a perfect alternative to exchange - I have deployed at several companies and it works a beauty with a webinterface which is nicer than the one of exchange, all the features of exchange and with the same scalability. Integrates with outlook with a provided outlook connector including client side caching along with normal pop3/imap interfacing.
M On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'm saying is that they could have given a more up to date > screenshot than that. And I don't really care about Mandriva being > chosen. It's gotten some very good reviews in its recent iterations, and > they haven't gone down the Novell route with partnership agreements, > either. > > I do hope that they use the more up to date software, though. The last > thing anyone needs is people using antiquated distros because they don't > know any better. > > I'd like to see the reaction among students at a secondary level. At > home, I can well see that a major negative to Linux would be the lack of > games, of course. Otherwise, I don't think there are any other major > concerns. Both of my sisters are in secondary school, and they go along > well with Ubuntu Linux. The only point where they had to use Windows was > some last minute practice for their ECDL examination, and that was on a > VM box. Otherwise, they use Ubuntu like a pro. When I was in form 4-5, I > also recall that Linux was sufficient for my needs..except for Turbo > Pascal, before I discovered that Dosbox could run it very nicely, thank > you very much. > > I also agree that a cube screenshot would be confusing..and most people > aren't interested in such eye-candy. > > Businesses - I can already sense some things going down though. > Accounting packages, for instance. An over-reliance on Excel and macros, > perhaps? A good alternative to Exchange? > > > > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 17:10 +0200, Sebastian Cachia wrote: > > True, but lets also keep in mind that the IT supplement of the Times > > is primarily aimed at businesses, so a lot of things come higher up on > > the priority list than Compiz, Themes and a cool wallpaper. > > > > Though, if they had to include a screenshot they could have at least > > got it right. > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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