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Yet Another Exchange Killer?

Posted by michael on from the optimism-springs-eternal dept.

jmertic writes "SuSE Linux now has the latest Exchange killer, but this time for Exchange Server. Openexchange Server is designed to be a drop in replacement for Exchange 5.5 users who don't want to pay the MS tax of going to Exchange 2000. They say it will be available mid November."

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  1. Re:MS Tax? by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    C'mon man, log in!!!! What, afraid of "losing" your "karma" because you are defending the Ebil Empire [sic] ?

    Like that fucking matters. Hey, look at me, I'm burning it away and having a heck of a time!!!1!!

  2. Re:Not. by bellings · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This type of drop in replacement is the equivalent of dropping in a v8 hemi engine in my VW Bug.

    Yes. All software for Linux is powerful and reliable. Anything for Windows is weak and brittle.

    Unless you meant that putting a v8 engine into a bug makes it into a jury-rigged car with a lot of home-made parts, with no backseet, that's almost guaranteed to break if you try to use it hard, and which never again really works as a daily driver.

    In that case, yes. I would agree that ripping out Exchange to install some half-baked set of brand new servers developed by a financially ailing company is a lot like putting a v8 in a bug.

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