Flint, Zimbra might be an "Exchange" killer, but it still needs a client, and outside web-based, there's nothing that competes with Outlook. That aside, it seems odd that VMWare/EMC would have any interest in going after the server stack above the hypervisor.
Stan On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Stan, > > Does this not put EMC (owner of VMware) in the Outlook killer business? > > Regards, > > Flint > > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Josh Sled wrote: > > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:28:55 -0500 >> From: Josh Sled <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: VMWare Aquires Zimbra >> >> Stanley Brinkerhoff <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> It appears that VMWare bought out Zimbra. Any thoughts on why? It seems >>> outside VMWare's normal vertical to enter the end user application world. >>> >>> http://www.zimbra.com/about/vmware-acquires-zimbra.html >>> >> >> RedMonk's Stephen O'Grady has his usual thorough analysis: >> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2010/01/13/vmware-zimbra-qanda/ >> >> -- >> ...jsled >> http://asynchronous.org/ - a=jsled; b=asynchronous.org; echo $...@${b} >> >> > Kindest Regards, > > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > numerantur ^^-^^
