Hi all, I have been following this list for a while and until now it was pretty much silent. I'm glad to see some life come back into it.
I just read an article about Microsoft's latest messaging endeavor - Outlook Live: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/01/20/microsoft_ to_sell_outlook_e_mail_program/ I have been seeing the trend towards the value proposition being at the service level rather than at the server/desktop/OS/application level for a while now. Gmail and other such offerings gather their value from the services behind them such as the search technology or massive storage capabilities. I'm curious how you see something like Outlook Live affecting efforts like this project. Do you think by the time Open Source projects are able to unravel the mysteries of Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft would have already moved everyone onto a subscription service they run (MSN). It seems its only a matter of time before Google, Microsoft and Yahoo start allowing small business customers to receive email at their own corporate domains. Once they do this, it will all but disintegrate the market for small business groupware systems. And I know that many people will argue that many companies wouldn't trust their email to Google or Microsoft or that many companies want to run their own gear - but from what we see on the front lines of small business IT: they just want to read their mail and couldn't care less about these details. After all most of them started their businesses using AOL accounts. Looking forward to your insights, | Larry Velez | www.sinu.com | ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel
