> Zimbra might be an "Exchange" killer, but it still needs a client, and > outside web-based, there's nothing that competes with Outlook.
I (think) I have to disagree; I'm not positive I know exactly what you mean by "outside web-based," but - Outlook can use Zimbra as a full-fledged back-end. - Mozilla is close to releasing Lightning (beta 1 just went live), and this is also a full-fledged mail/calendar client. I have to imagine that it would be trivial for VMWare to put hooks in to leverage it. - The much-maligned Evolution -- which has also been ported to Windows -- can act as a drop-in-place replacement for Outlook. Bottom line is that there's no reason I can see to not think of VMWare's move as a "Exchange killer" motivated. Do I think it'll *happen*? That's a fish of another color. But Lord knows there's bad blood between VMWare and MS (though perhaps less bad blood between EMC and MS), so it wouldn't surprise me to see them give it a go. $.02, -Ken > > 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 ^^-^^ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
