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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 27th Jan 2008 22:09 UTC

"Apple has brought its unique brand of richness and simplicity to servers. OS X Leopard Server is the fifth generation of the software half of Apple's server platform. This time around, Apple took what is a unique and bold approach for a Unix server. Leopard Server continues the OS X Server tradition of delivering platform-independent file/print, e-mail, Web, and network edge services (such as stateful firewall, VPN, proxy, virus, and spam filtering). But it is as easy to set up and run as a desktop. Truly; the typical Mac user could get a Leopard Server going, because the default administrative interface is a match for a Mac's System Preferences."

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RE[4]: Ads Suck

by Soulbender on Tue 29th Jan 2008 08:42 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Ads Suck"

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2005-08-18

Don't forget Zimbra.

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RE[5]: Ads Suck

by kaiwai on Tue 29th Jan 2008 11:59 in reply to "RE[4]: Ads Suck"

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2005-07-06

Thank you for that - I was trying to remember the numerous ones off the top of my head. I think you reinforced the fact that there are hundreds of alternatives to Exchange - so why use Exchange?

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RE[6]: Ads Suck

by Windows Sucks on Tue 29th Jan 2008 12:46 in reply to "RE[5]: Ads Suck"

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2005-11-10

Thank you for that - I was trying to remember the numerous ones off the top of my head. I think you reinforced the fact that there are hundreds of alternatives to Exchange - so why use Exchange?

People use Exchange because of 1. Outlook. You can't get get all the features of Outlook in Zimbra or any other server that has an Outlook plugin etc. 2. Because MS gives enterprises a big discount on Exchange if you have an Enterprise contract. 3. It's what people know. Almost anyone who has used MS Office has used Outlook at some point in time.

I sell off site email hosting myself and I fight to get people off Exchange and on to things like Scalix, Zimbra or Desknow. But people want Outlook. That is the key.

Scalix comes pretty close, its about at the point of Exchange 2000. Using Outlook most users would not know that you are not using Exchange. But Scalix is not cheap. And is not as scalable as Exchange yet.

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