[NTLUG:Discuss] Messaging system & support

[Cameron, Thomas]

I met the CEO of Scalix (www.scalix.com), Julie Farris, at LinuxWorld Expo.  Her presentation led me to believe that Scalix is a drop-in Exchange replacement.  She indicated that Scalix servers could either co-exist with Exchange servers or replace them completely.

I have not had a chance to pursue this but Scalix looks pretty darned good.

Kerio also presented a strong product.

Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
(972) 997-9641

The opinions expressed in this message to not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Bank of America.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Citek
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:04 AM
> To: NTLUG List
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Messaging system & support
> 
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I got this message from a friend.
> 
> On Thursday, Aug 12, 2004, at 10:06 US/Central, [a friend] wrote:
> > I'm managing a project here at [some company] to replace our email 
> > system from the current unix-based sendmail/smtp/pop3 setup with 
> > Eudora clients to something else--whatever that turns out 
> to be.  We 
> > have people demanding built-in calendaring and while they could use 
> > Outlook as a client with our current server offerings, the 
> calendaring 
> > won't be as nice as if we had an Exchange Server behind it.
> >
> > I have no problem finding people to install and support 
> Exchange, but 
> > I'm trying to present alternatives as well.  The leader seems to be 
> > SuSE Linux's Openexchange Server (now owned by Novell).  
> But I don't 
> > know who could support us on that locally.
> >
> > Do you know of any companies that could give us really good 
> support on 
> > whatever system we choose, even up to 24/7/365 if we want 
> to pay for 
> > that?
> 
> Any ideas?  Specifically:
>   - What other products offer built-in (or nearly built-in) 
> Calendaring?
>   - Any opinions on SLOX?
>   - Is there any reason not to use Exchange?
>   - What other questions should my friend be asking?
> 
> Regards,
> - Robert
> 
> 
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