Hi Ben,
If they have only heard of MS Exchange and Notes, Notes has a version of
Domino for Linux (as IBM are big supporters of Linux). As for Exchange,
Samsung Contact (formerly HP Openmail) has an exchange like end user
interface. The reason HP sold Openmail was because Microsoft threatened them
as it was directly competing with exchange (These may only be rumours, but I
was told this by the head HP sales guy in Melbourne). It is also a cheaper
alternative.
The websites for these two are: www.samsungcontact.com (new)
www.openmail.com (HP's old website) and
http://www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/domino

Give it a look and see if you can sway them.

Regards,

Scott


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They are thinking of putting in either Exchange/Notes/Groupwise as their
email solution. Why not Linux! Anyway i'm building a new box with Postfix at
the moment to see how it handles it. There is still the impression that
"where do you get support from Linux if no one owns it?" type of thing. As I
point out there are heaps of Linux savvy people and companies around that
can support it. Trouble is Linux is unheard of by the "IT steering
committees". They have only heard about Exchange and Notes. Linux needs to
get some credibility with the committees and bean counters before it has a
serious look in. How do you do that?

Ben

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