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Novell Dumps the Hula Project

Posted by kdawson on from the wonder-why? dept.

asv108 writes, "On the Hula general mailing list today, it was announced that Novell is no longer providing full-time developers to Hula. While the project will continue, it appears that Novell is not committed to developing a viable open-source alternative to MS Exchange. The Hula project was announced in February 2005 with much fanfare."

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  1. So surprising by McNihil · · Score: 0, Redundant

    really, it is a total shocker!

  2. Re:I'm just asking, seriously..... by l3v1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm really just curious at this point what is driving the anti-Exchange bandwagon, because I don't see a real, viable competitor out there.

    And if everybody had this attitude, there would never be one either. Saying one product is the best so don't waste your time developing a free (or not free, whatever) alternative is just senselessly stupid. If there were now an exchange-alternative that could replace it (needn't replicate all functionality, just give me what I need), not developed and sold by ms, I'd buy it and I'd use it, with no second thoughts and long thinking. Two points would count: if it's working and it's ms-free, then it's a winner.
     

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