[Gllug] Ximian Connector

[Jim Bailey]

Hi,

an exchange server is likely to put you back £20,000+ and is integral to 
applications like M$ project 2000 central server. it is or perceived to be 
a must have in the corporate world. however not everyone in a company 
needs these productivity packages and a smart suit will mix them with less 
expensive options.  this is where the connector software will be useful or 
on the desktops in data and contact centre.

If my old outfit was smart enough they would have most of their call 
centres running Linux with just the office running M$ on the desktop but 
they are not.

Ximain are smart the question is is there target market smart enough to 
see the advantage.

In the long term I think marketing and sales strategies like these are not 
the solution but as an intermediate solution they are a life line to 
commercial open source companies.  The pure services model so often touted 
I believe will only work when Linux and its ilk have a much larger market 
share.

Peace Jim

On Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 11:24 AM, Axel Segebrecht wrote:

>
>>> I still don't get it why people would buy the Connector when it's
>>> "easier" to setup a Linux server and clients to handle all they want to
>>> do?
>>
>> That's because you're falling into the classic Linux advocate trap.
>> Just because you or I could do it, doesn't mean that the target
>> market for the product can.
>
> Isn't the connector something that sits between Evolution and
> Exchange? If so, why would someone replace their M$ wks to Linux
> (to run Evolution) but not their servers?
>
>> Is it easier to buy Ximain Connector, or to decommission your
>> existing, perfectly functional (in the eyes of management, who seem
>> blind to the downtime) Exchange server, install Linux on it, and
>> configure it as a mail server, with limited in-house Unix expertise?
>> Most companies are just going to choose to shell out the 50 quid...
>
> hm.. still don't get why people with an existing M$ solution would get
> Ximian? If it's just sys.admins and their few wks I think they (Ximian)
> will not be making enough money to make it feaseable for them... .
>
> Axel
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