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Dell To Bolster Microsoft, Novell Alliance

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th May 2007 15:36 UTC, submitted by butters

On the heels of announcing their plan to offer Ubuntu Linux pre-installed on selected consumer desktops and laptops, Dell will disclose today that it will team up with Novell and Microsoft to distribute Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server software along with Microsoft's Windows Server software. As part of the deal, Dell will help Novell and Microsoft make SLES and Windows work together efficiently on Dell's computer hardware. Rick Becker, a Dell VP, says, "There's many aspects of open source that delight my customers, [but] they have concerns about software licensing. Those concerns go away when they deploy Microsoft and SLES Linux."

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RE[5]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors

by tomcat on Mon 7th May 2007 19:38 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors"

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Comments like this trip my sarcasm filters and completely invert my interpretation of your arguments.

How about supplying an alternative that provides equivalent functionality...

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RE[6]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors

by Xaero_Vincent on Mon 7th May 2007 20:08 in reply to "RE[5]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors"

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How about supplying an alternative that provides equivalent functionality...

Evolution does a good job as an Outlook alternative or you could just use Outlook 2003 with Crossover Office 6.0.

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RE[7]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors

by tomcat on Mon 7th May 2007 22:25 in reply to "RE[6]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors"

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It's not even close to providing "equivalent functionality".

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RE[8]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors

by Xaero_Vincent on Tue 8th May 2007 04:21 in reply to "RE[6]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors"

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It's not even close to providing "equivalent functionality".

Bull.

Evolution can integrate with Exchange Server just like Outlook and accessed via Web interface. It also has PDA, mobile phone syncing, and dozens of other features.

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RE[6]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors

by butters on Mon 7th May 2007 20:58 in reply to "RE[5]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors"

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If you need an enterprise PIM, then I second Evolution, and I'll add Kontact. Both are pretty nice solutions. Although you can surely find the odd feature here and there that they don't support, they provide functionality that Outlook has never gotten right, such as the ability to manage large amounts of mail without grinding to a halt.

If you don't need full-featured calendaring or contact management, I like Thunderbird, and there are many other great free software mail clients. Many people swear by Pine ;-)

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RE[7]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors

by tomcat on Mon 7th May 2007 22:30 in reply to "RE[6]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors"

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If you need an enterprise PIM, then I second Evolution, and I'll add Kontact. Both are pretty nice solutions. Although you can surely find the odd feature here and there that they don't support, they provide functionality that Outlook has never gotten right, such as the ability to manage large amounts of mail without grinding to a halt.

BS FUD. I've got a huge amount of mail in my Outlook inbox and it has never ground to a halt.

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