[Gllug] Perhaps Newham needs a decent Linux consultant?

[Mamading Ceesay]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:20:17 +0000
Simon MORRIS <simon.morris at westbourne-terrace.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:00:58PM +0000, Mamading Ceesay wrote:
> > 
> > "But Newham's use of Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 foiled this plan, primarily because there was no available Linux desktop client to support the out-of-date collaboration server. . . . "Gary Barnett, principal analyst at Ovum, commented: 'The biggest issue in cost of ownership studies is cost of migration. [Newham] has hit on a classic example.'"
> > 
> [Cough] Evolution...
> 
> Maybe the consultant should have used Google! Came in the top 6 when I
> searched on the subject :-)
> 

Not a bad idea, except that the Ximian Connector only supports Exchange 2000 and 2003, not 5.5!

The thing is that you can connect to Exchange using IMAP and LDAP, which opens up a lot of possibilities on the Linux client front.   However the more heavily that Exchange-specific features are used (e.g calendaring), the more difficult it is to find a workable solution.  Should be solvable though. 

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