[KLUG Members] M$ Exchange

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>Where does Exchange beat GroupWise in you oppinion? Have you used GW6.5 
>yet? I'm just curious.

I don't know much about GW;  but does it support Unified Messaging?  (Voice
mail, faxes, etc... all in one INBOX).  If so does it support SIP? (The new
"standard" protocol for doing such things.) How easily does it integrate with
other services: databases, ldap servers, external imap servers, etc... as well
as legacy scheduling solutions?  Constructing the appearance of a unified
messaging infrastructure is the thrust of Exchange, Notes, and the like; not
merely providing mail and calendering.

>>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...

Let us know what these tools look like.