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Exchange Alternatives Round-up

Posted by Hemos on from the good-news-for-the-it-set dept.

richi writes "eWEEK has a review of Linux-based alternatives to MS Exchange: Group Where? Almost Anywhere. Focusing on how well they integrate with Outlook, it looks at Bynari Insight 4.2, CommuniGate Pro 4.2, Gordano 11 and Scalix Server 9.2.1."

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  1. They forgot about ExchangeIt by SailorFrag · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ExchangeIt is another option.

    Disclaimer: I used to work there (but not on that product), and I still think that company is really cool.

    1. Re:They forgot about ExchangeIt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Tell the sales dept that some people (like me) are turned off by the lack of pricing information. "Contact us for pricing" is really anoying, as I can't quickly and easilt compare price/features. It also usually indicates (IME) something that is way over priced. I usually won't even bother contacting them, as there are too may other places willing to tell me what it costs.

  2. None of them are solutions by DogDude · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How can any of these be considered a viablealternative if "None of the products provides full Outlook-to-Exchange feature fidelity in Outlook"?

    My *real* alternative to an expensive Exchange server in house is: hosted Exchange. It's *much* cheaper for small businesses, and there's no need to sacrifice any functionality.

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  3. Re:So... by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From MS website:

    Exchange Server, the Microsoft messaging and collaboration server, is software that runs on servers that enables you to send and receive electronic mail and other forms of interactive communication through computer networks. Designed to interoperate with a software client application such as Microsoft Outlook, Exchange Server also interoperates with Outlook Express and other e-mail client applications.

    From wikipedia:

    Microsoft now appears to be positioning a combination of Microsoft Office, Live Meeting and Sharepoint as its collaboration software of choice. Exchange is now to be simply email and calendaring.

    MS prefers its clients to have to license separate software for these tasks, this allows both greater specialization and multiple revenue streams.

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