Umm, no actually. You are very wrong there. Most people at your university are on exchange servers. In fact your university is moving towards Exchange 2000. Outlook will be around for a while yet.
Sun's JavaStation 10 has no moving components at all. It's totally silent, and manages to look cool as well. It needs a server to boot, but that can be at the other end of the house/office/building.
Umm, no actually. You are very wrong there. Most people at your university are on exchange servers. In fact your university is moving towards Exchange 2000. Outlook will be around for a while yet.