I was very excited when I saw that article and read it eagerly. I was dissapointed to find that none of the contenders "replaced" Exchange in the sense of duplicating its functionality. Too many Outlook/Exchange APIs (i.e., most) are undocumented, and Linux solutions are unable to reproduce some core Exchange functionality. :-(
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Cunningham
Sent: Mon 3/15/2004 3:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
Subject: RE: [RLUG] Exchange Replacements
Linux journal did an article a few months back about a
group of developers that made an exchange replacement. They
were able to completely replace the exchange server with
all functionality ( at least if I remember right.)
- Bill
--- "Robinson, Eric R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FWIW, I've been down this road a few times. Every time
> we've looked into a
> Linux-based groupware solution, the cost has worked out
> to more than we
> could buy Exchange for. That, combined with the fact that
> no Linux solution
> offers full integration with Outlook, has left me
> settling on Exchange. Be
> careful before you deploy a Linux groupware solution in a
> Windows-centric
> enterprise. Make sure you can live without some of the
> features and
> functionality that Outlook/Exchange provides. Now I'll
> duck the beer cans.
> :-)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike McKay [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:06 AM
> > To: Reno Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [RLUG] Exchange Replacements
> >
> >
> > Rick Shepherd wrote:
> > >> 2. If I were to spend $600 for a copy of Microsoft
> Windows
> > 2003 Sever
> > >> Small Business Edition
> >
> > Rick - did you ever make a decision on this? I just saw
>
> > another email that
> > really makes it seem like there are some great
> alternatives out there:
> >
> > --
> >
> > Opengroupware kicks much ass, though can be a pain to
> setup if you've
> > been a package-bunny for too long and are used to
> things which "just
> > work". This isn't the case with OGW. It normally takes
> me about 30mins
> > to install now from debian packages. First time was
> about 2 hours and
> > done remotly with somebody sat at the end computer
> (helping out a
> > mate).
> >
> > phpgroupware is a lot easier to setup - and it shows
> tbh. I find it
> > very inflexible for the sort of stuff I want. Also
> you're limited to
> > web-only access.
> >
> > The killer feature of OGW is the integration with
> outlook and Ximian
> > Evolution. Top bloody program.
> >
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