Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 22nd Jul 2006 21:15 UTC
Toby Richards wrote an opinion article for NewsForge, claiming that for him, Linux won't get mainstream until Evolution - or another capable Outlook-like client - gets optimized and offers 100% compatibility with Exchange. In the comments section of Newsforge readers offered more reasons as to why Linux is not mainstream, offering a view on their needs. My take: While for my personal, home usage of Linux my needs are different, I agree with Toby that companies won't switch their desktops if full Exchange compatibility isn't reached and if Evolution stops being the memory beast it currently is.
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2005-07-06
Simple case in my opinion. Why Novell, IBM, MS over Sun? I wouldn't trust something beng written in java.
Dear god, I hope you're not in a decision making position, because that has to take the cake as the most clueless response yet; the Solaris Enterprise System isn't written in Java; Solaris Enterprise system is the old rebranded Netscape iPlanet range of products.
Beside the fact that Notes is the most usable and extendable platform as server.
But its nothing more than a really overly convoluted application server that IBM is doing its damnedest to kill off in favour of their websphere setup. I certainly wouldn't feel safe knowing that my investment is going to be worthless once IBM has its way, and bolt everything ontop of the DB2/Websphere combo.
Problem with Kolab is that it is mostly KDE specific. And mostly lacking functionality comparing to any platform named before.
How many actually USE the funcationality of Exchange or Lotus; most of the cases I see Lotus or Exchange being used, is as a glorified mail server, with none of the collaborative functions actually utilised, thus making the, at times, investment of hundreds of thousands, a complete waste of time and money.