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Javier Soltero: The Outsider Microsoft Tapped To Reinvent Outlook (windowsitpro.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-blood dept.

v3rgEz writes: In a wide ranging interview, IT Pro talks with Microsoft's Javier Soltero about his plans to help Redmond get its groove back when it comes to email, walking a fine line between keeping traditional Outlook users (and IT administrators) happy while radically reworking software that hasn't seen a huge shakeup since 2003.

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  1. Really? by DanJ_UK · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Outlook isn't the fucking problem, exchange and its bastardised architecture is.

    To this day I cannot fathom why companies would ever roll out a proprietary exchange setup when there are better solutions available, at a significantly lower cost. Solutions that are more reliable, more secure and better supported cross platform.

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    - Dan
  2. Re:just go ahead and call it ReInvent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Please don't. It's hard to think of a more bloated resource hog, far too much for what it is supposed to do, and yet still lacking in basic features in other areas.

    I despise Exchange, all the more because I have been so long forced to administer it (since the Exchange 97 days).

    As a user, I newer appreciated Exchange+Outlook before I moved to a different company that use Google Apps instead. There might be better alternatives than both of them, but right now I miss Exchange+Outlook so f'ing much.