Posted by
Cliff
on from the if-you-can't-arrange-to-exchange-Exchange dept.
itwerx asks: "A client of mine is wedded to Exchange 2000 for their email server but would like to move away from Outlook Web Access (OWA) for security reasons. Thereareseveral possibilities but I'm wondering what experience the Slashdot community has had with these (or other) options."
Re:Exchange Server 2003
by
walt-sjc
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· Score: 2, Insightful
Not to be a troll, but do you REALLY believe that? After all, MS has chosen functionality / features over security on a regular basis. If they were TRUELY serious about security issues and providing good value to their customers, they would offer patches for their existing products as opposed to forcing people to buy a new version to get a secure platform. By the way, I'm talking about patching design flaws, not bug fixing.
MS has not offered security up front. They have been pushed / shamed into it - kicking, screaming, and dragging their feet.
Microsoft's mission is to make as much money as possible. Their customer's needs and desires are secondary. Note that MS is not alone here. The standard business model of (most) commercial software is to sell upgrades. This is one of the main reasons that Open Source is taking off.
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Not to be a troll, but do you REALLY believe that? After all, MS has chosen functionality / features over security on a regular basis. If they were TRUELY serious about security issues and providing good value to their customers, they would offer patches for their existing products as opposed to forcing people to buy a new version to get a secure platform. By the way, I'm talking about patching design flaws, not bug fixing.
MS has not offered security up front. They have been pushed / shamed into it - kicking, screaming, and dragging their feet.
Microsoft's mission is to make as much money as possible. Their customer's needs and desires are secondary. Note that MS is not alone here. The standard business model of (most) commercial software is to sell upgrades. This is one of the main reasons that Open Source is taking off.