Linked by David Adams on Thu 28th Aug 2008 17:51 UTC, submitted by stonyandcher
Everyone knows that Microsoft Exchange is expensive - but ubiquitous â" and plenty
of open source projects and vendors have been trying a variety of technical
approaches to replace it. While none is yet a drop-in replacement, a PC World article looks at ways that some administrators can get a cost advantage by switching.
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2005-08-18
My answer is a "yes and no. It depends".
It's not sluggish. Maybe it was previously but the 5.x series is not. The desktop client is a dog though but that's why you have the Outlook plugin.
I consider this irrelevant as long as it works.
I dont know where you got your licenses but we dont have that problem. Not that I know what you mean by "fscking out of control".
Again, I dont know what you're on about. Fragile? Never had that problem. Eat resources? Maybe, but don't tell me Exchange doesn't.
[q]5) Load balancing, Backup procedures etc are assinine, even for the commercially supported version.
I dont know why you put load balancing and backup in the same point but whatever. Never had any problem with the backup procedure being asinine.
Never used the load blanacing so I cant say anything about that.
I'm pretty sure migrating 8000 accounts and 3000 domains is a pain no matter what system you migrate to and from. It sure isn't a breeze in Exchange.
Edited 2008-08-28 18:55 UTC