[KLUG Members] M$ Exchange

[Tony Gettig]

Apologies in advance for the non-Linux message content, but hopefully
the last paragraph will be redemptive. :)

Haven't tried GW 6.5 yet. We just made it to 6 where I'm at. We're
starting to take a look at it though. 

I don't administer an Exchange system, but I have plenty of colleagues
that do and we chat about such things. (The stuff us nerds talk about
over coffee!) From the administration view, it seems much more
configurable and flexible than GroupWise in ConsoleOne. Lots of third
party support add-on too. Again, I don't administer any Exchange
systems, but I am responsible for a sizable GroupWise system. 

>From the users perspective, the thing that makes Exchange a nudge better
than GroupWise is contacts management. The GW address book is severely
lacking. With Exchange, you can relate all sorts of other Exchange info
to your contacts (appts, emails, docs, etc.). 

Just my opinions. :) 

Like many others on this list, I really would like to see a killer open
source project to replace M$ and GW both. Heck, even if it were closed
source yet affordable and could run on multiple platforms (like
say...Linux!), I think we'd take a hard look at it. Evolution is a great
step in that direction as far as the client side goes, and the Ximian
Connector for Exchange is very promising. (Note that there is no
connector for GroupWise though. :(  


On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 13:40, Jeremy Leonard wrote:
> Where does Exchange beat GroupWise in you oppinion? Have you used GW6.5 
> yet? I'm just curious.
> 
> On 9 Apr 2003, Tony Gettig wrote:
> 
> > Novell's NIMS product (or whatever they call it now) is pretty slick and
> > runs on Linux while interfacing with NDS. I use Evolution to connect to
> > a GroupWise server via IMAP (with the GWIA...GroupWise Internet Agent).
> > Don't get me wrong...I'm a Novell fan (even GroupWise certified), but
> > I'm not convinced it's the best at what it does anymore. It's good,
> > that's for sure, but it has been surpassed. If you're mainly a NetWare
> > shop already, it's a natural addition if you need enterprise messaging
> > and central management through NDS. But Exchange has definitely caught
> > up and IMO surpassed GroupWise. Note: I am NOT an Exchange fan. :) 
> > 
> > I'm very interested in the "iXtreme GroupWare with GroupWise / Exchange
> > / Notes connectors" at this site, which seems to be some marriage of
> > Novell and Linux by a German company:
> > 
> > http://n-ix.com/
> > 
> > I just started downloading an iso image of what I hope is their
> > "Business Linux" to see what it's all about. Gotta wonder if it's going
> > to be another Corel or Sun Linux though...
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 09:30, Jeremy Leonard wrote:
> > > Has anybody looked at Novell GroupWise as an alternative. It doesn't run 
> > > on Linux. It runs on Netware or M$ Windows 2000. I use it many places and 
> > > am very pleased with it.
> > > 
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