[Gllug] Outlook exchange alternatives

[Simon Wilcox]

On 08/09/2010 16:44, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 12:28 +0000, Andy Millar wrote:
>
>> Incidentally, Exchange is less resource hungry and (iirc) cheaper than
>> Zimbra :-)
>
> That may be the case, though Exchange presupposes that you have Windows
> Server available (quite expensive in itself) and Exchange has any number
> of insecurities and instabilities that it adds to those already inherent
> in a Windows environment.  It's really nasty!

It very much depends on how many users you're serving. Windows Small 
Business Server is a good choice for non-technical businesses with less 
than 10-15 staff. It's easy to administer and is no harder than Linux to 
fix if it goes wrong. It's not particularly expensive & contrary to the 
usual FUD, recent versions of Exchange are not insecure or unstable.

Sure, if you have over, say, 100 staff your requirements change & Linux 
starts to come into its own but for small businesses Windows & Exchange 
is a perfectly suitable choice.

S.
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