[Gllug] Thoughts on Scalix

[Jason Clifford]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Morfidus wrote:

> One of the directors has his hands on a few other companies and says
> that a support company he uses could do it for about a grand (MS SMB
> business server??) to get it up and running. But then I would have to
> keep it going.

So tell him that to maintain an Exchange server of any kind you would need 
proper training from a reputable supplier. Point to the more expensive 
Learning Tree courses.

How many users are there?

Given the price of MS SBS it is entirely possible that if you need only a 
handful of client licenses and your needs are very simple it could be 
installed for about £1k however basic installation of any platform is just 
the beginning of the costs and no support company installs at a very low 
price unless they are certain that they can make the profit elsewhere.

>From what you say however it seems that the decision has already been 
made. Is the director in question a technical director of any description? 
If not then you have a card pulling horse situation - the business should 
trust it's IT staff to select the right solution based upon the business 
need expressed.

Jason
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