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Maddog on the State of Linux

Posted by michael on from the purple-state dept.

Amy Kucharik writes "Long-time Linux user and pioneer Jon "maddog" Hall spoke recently with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com about what he knows best: Linux. Hall discusses where the penguin is going and where it's been in this exclusive interview."

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  1. in time for 2008? by BortQ · · Score: 4, Funny
    I can see it now: The US passes an amendment to allow foreign citizens to be president and we get a Linus vs. Arnold campaign.

    And be careful, because if 'Linus' isn't a girlieman name then I don't know what is.

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  2. Re:Good stuff by TykeClone · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I'd disagree there - they do a good enough job to achieve lock-in. Look at Outlook/Exchange Server - you need to use the Outlook client to really leverage Exchange; to get a good deal on the Outlook client, you get it bundled with the rest of Office; to make good use of your Office investment, use Windows Server...

    It mostly works good enough to make it difficult to break out of it - which is where the problem with moving to Linux lies.

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  3. No mention of Evolution/SUSE/Open Exchange by scupper · · Score: 4, Informative
    When Maddog was asked about communications and e-mail applications running on Linux making a dent into Outlook/Exchange, I was kinda dissapointed to not hear mention of Evolution and Evolution Connector, or SUSE Linux Open Exchange Server (SLOX) migrations going on with companies like RICIS and IDL .

    I understand his point about Sendmail and developing countries adopting F/OSS, but the question was pretty pointed;
    "any communications and e-mail F/OSS apps running on Linux that might make a dent in Outlook/Exchange?"

    He could have shared the fact that......

    IDL Technology Group in CA-US claims :
    " Together, Ricis and I.D.L. Technology Group have installed over 1,000 Openexchange servers in 2003 and have performed more than 340 Microsoft Exchange to SUSE LINUX Openexchange migrations, as well as over 150 migrations from other Email server platforms using various SUSE LINUX (Now Novell) approved migration tools.
    Those are the kind of facts Senor Maddog needs to be dropping. Also, here's a online demo for SLOX 4.1
    (BTW: I don't work for SUSE/Novell, RICIS, IDL)