Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD?

From: Mike Jeays (Mike.Jeays_at_rogers.com)
Date: 03/20/05

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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:51:10 -0500

    On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 16:22, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
    > Christian Tischler writes:
    >
    > > Actually the number of users will be quite small, and bandwidth is not
    > > an consideration.
    >
    > For small installations, I don't think Exchange is really
    > cost-effective. It's quite a monster. Easy to justify in a large
    > organization where all IT projects are monsters, anyway, but expensive
    > overkill in a small organization. Just set up standard SMTP/POP servers
    > and go with that.

    > Calendars and the like can be managed just by having
    > employees talk to each other (in person, on the phone, or by e-mail).

    I have to disagree with this! In my organization, a government
    department with about 6,000 staff, the ability to schedule meetings and
    book conference rooms has become an essential part of our computing
    infrastructure. Any attempt to remove these features or reduce their
    functionality from that provided by Outlook/Exchange would be met with
    considerable hostility and the permanent sidelining of he/she who
    proposed it. A definite career-limiting move.

    It is a major reason why we can't go to a fully open source desktop.
    >
    > This is especially true if everyone is in the same geographic location.

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