I still don't understand the whole performance thing. I can stream DVD quality video and write to my current HD's at the same time. Why would I possibly need to go faster than that? Besides... I like the massive storage that's so cheap now!
The thing is, Exchange Server is rarely chose by the people who have to use it. At most companies, the owners/managers decide they're using Outlook/Exchange, and they pay somebody, internally or externally, to set it up and administer it. It really doesn't matter how hard it is to administer, as long as somebody is willing to administer it at a price that's a good value for the people using it. At the going rate right now, of about $5/month/user, Exchange is a good value for users.
Most reviews are pretty favorable. It takes the place of Blackberries by being the best at integrating with MS Exchange, the most popular office management/email/scheduling software on the planet. It's not really likely that so few people are buying it because of functionality.
No rent at the prison, free bed, free gym, high school equivalency program, free nightly rub down from your cell mate, excellent networking opportunities. What's not to love about being locked in?
In this case, you have to spend a lot of money to stay locked in, as well.
It all comes down to the fact that computer geeks spend a LOT of time with MS stuff, so they're gonna bitch.
MS, as a company, is remarkably well run, well managed, and remarkably ethical when compared against most other companies this size. They make the most important software on the planet, it's cheap, it generally works, and it's easy to use.
It's really all about perspective. But that's the thing about perspective... people who don't have it, usually don't realize they don't have it.
My company pays for hosted Exchange services. It's all taken care of. I'm sorry you have to administer your own Exchange Server. I hear it's quite complicated. You certainly sound angry about it.
It's an Exchange Server that my company pays for. Other people run it.
To connect a Windows Phone with an Exchange Server, you just have to put in the email address and password once. That's it. to say that it doesn't work well with an Exchange Server is laughable. I don't know what a "self signed certificate" is, but it's not necessary to use Exchange Server.
I don't know what "busybox" is. I'm not going to ssh or sftp from a phone, nor do I need, nor do I guess most people need to (or know what those things are). It's designed for business people, not geeks.
It integrates with Exchange much better than iPhones. In terms of UI, the UI on iPhones and Android phones that I've seen looks like a Windows 95 desktop of a new computer user: a horrible, unorganized mess of random icons all over the place. To each his own.
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I still don't understand the whole performance thing. I can stream DVD quality video and write to my current HD's at the same time. Why would I possibly need to go faster than that? Besides... I like the massive storage that's so cheap now!
Where do I got to vote about how the private companies are running our prison system?
30% is absurd. Amazon charges 15%, and I think even that's too high.
I think you're right. I think I'm in a tiny, tiny, tiny minority of users.
The thing is, Exchange Server is rarely chose by the people who have to use it. At most companies, the owners/managers decide they're using Outlook/Exchange, and they pay somebody, internally or externally, to set it up and administer it. It really doesn't matter how hard it is to administer, as long as somebody is willing to administer it at a price that's a good value for the people using it. At the going rate right now, of about $5/month/user, Exchange is a good value for users.
Oh, and buying stuff isn't ever, EVER, "making a philosophical statement."
Most reviews are pretty favorable. It takes the place of Blackberries by being the best at integrating with MS Exchange, the most popular office management/email/scheduling software on the planet. It's not really likely that so few people are buying it because of functionality.
No rent at the prison, free bed, free gym, high school equivalency program, free nightly rub down from your cell mate, excellent networking opportunities. What's not to love about being locked in?
In this case, you have to spend a lot of money to stay locked in, as well.
What scrolling bugs?
It all comes down to the fact that computer geeks spend a LOT of time with MS stuff, so they're gonna bitch.
MS, as a company, is remarkably well run, well managed, and remarkably ethical when compared against most other companies this size. They make the most important software on the planet, it's cheap, it generally works, and it's easy to use.
It's really all about perspective. But that's the thing about perspective... people who don't have it, usually don't realize they don't have it.
I think that's because for 98% of the planet, cell phones are more about status than usability. Consumerism has taken the entire world by storm.
It's not really all that rational to "hate" a lump of plastic and metal.
It's just a fucking phone.
Jesus, some people are just waaaay too caught up in this shit.
You sound very, very angry. You do realize that we're talking about people's personal opinions about cell phones, right?
I really like my Windows Phone. I use Exchange heavily, and it does an excellent job integrating all of that stuff.
I think your reading comprehension needs some work.
Windows is for losers, in all of it's incarnations.
Hey kid, your mom, called. She'd like you to come upstairs to take out the trash.
Don't worry, dude. Nobody wants your red stapler. Calm down.
My company pays for hosted Exchange services. It's all taken care of. I'm sorry you have to administer your own Exchange Server. I hear it's quite complicated. You certainly sound angry about it.
There's a big difference between geeks and dorks.
The "biggest flaw" is that salespeople in cell phone stores don't push it as hard as other options? Really?
It's an Exchange Server that my company pays for. Other people run it.
To connect a Windows Phone with an Exchange Server, you just have to put in the email address and password once. That's it. to say that it doesn't work well with an Exchange Server is laughable. I don't know what a "self signed certificate" is, but it's not necessary to use Exchange Server.
There are lots of different kinds of geeks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek
I think you're right. People seem to take their phones very, very personally.
I didn't say I ran an Exchange Server. You must have me confused with somebody else.
I don't know what "busybox" is. I'm not going to ssh or sftp from a phone, nor do I need, nor do I guess most people need to (or know what those things are). It's designed for business people, not geeks.
It integrates with Exchange much better than iPhones. In terms of UI, the UI on iPhones and Android phones that I've seen looks like a Windows 95 desktop of a new computer user: a horrible, unorganized mess of random icons all over the place. To each his own.