From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 07:37:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A73A16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:37:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ABF143D2D for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:36:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1103.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id B4D6C1C0008B for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:36:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1103.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 916831C00087 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:36:58 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050320073658595.916831C00087@mwinf1103.wanadoo.fr Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:36:58 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <372015099.20050320083658@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1795.24.98.86.57.1111292119.squirrel@24.98.86.57> References: <423AD243.5030601@myunix.net> <423BEAD4.6040207@myunix.net> <245622616.20050319101955@wanadoo.fr> <423C1ACF.1050102@myunix.net> <1766695713.20050319222202@wanadoo.fr> <1111279870.650.11.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> <1795.24.98.86.57.1111292119.squirrel@24.98.86.57> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:37:00 -0000 Jerry Bell writes: > I'll second that the calendar/email functionality has become a utility > service in many organizations. Exchange/outlook, for all their > shortcomings, have really changed the way companies work. They get spoiled. I suppose there's no harm in that intrinsically, but it does tend to lock them into proprietary solutions (which isn't necessarily good or bad). > Now, we are fortunate that we have several really good > windows/exchange guys to keep things humming, but it is clear that the > business demands of calendaring and email are outstripping the ability > of MS to deliver. We, along with many other organizations, are really > looking at ways to achieve 99.999% uptime on exchange, but we're realy > kidding ourselves. Something like communigate pro, that can be > clustered and run on a non-windows OS could move us closer to the > mark, but still not really there. The OS' and apps just aren't meant > for that type of availability yet. There isn't any solution that will provide that kind of uptime today. Application systems that provide the functionality your users want are not sufficiently evolved or reliable to achieve utility-grade service. And since all of them are the work of companies that have spent most of their existence writing for PCs, I don't expect this goal to be reached any time soon. Nevertheless, Exchange is at the top of the list in this respect. It would be nice to have better, but this is the best available. -- Anthony