I also like Exchange 2003 very much. When I see the opportunity to sell it, I always will. Geez, there's no easier implementation on Earth! The problem comes that when you Want to use Exchange 2003, you fall into a licensing pit. There goes Windows 2003 licensing, CAL's, Exchange server, exchange CAL's... (and no maintenance here included! If you want, pay SA and add 1/3 more to each licensing cost. I prefer to implement it on networks that are already running Windows 2000 or 2003, or else it's really hard to convince the buyer otherwise. Novell, for an example, introduced Novell Linux Small Business Server which comes with SuSE Enterprise Linux 9, eDirectory, GroupWise, Novell Linux Desktop 9 and much more stuff. The licensing cost with this solution here in Brazil can be eight times more cheaper than a Microsoft SBS solution. Well, in the US it may not be a problem, but when the currency comes to 2,5=1 things get tough on our side ;) My 2 cents! Tiago de Aviz SoftSell - Curitiba (41) 3340-2363 www.softsell.com.br Esta mensagem, incluindo seus anexos, tem caráter confidencial e seu conteúdo é restrito ao destinatário da mensagem. Caso você tenha recebido esta mensagem por engano, queira por favor retorná-la ao destinatário e apagá-la de seus arquivos. Qualquer uso não autorizado, replicação ou disseminação desta mensagem ou parte dela é expressamente proibido. A SoftSell não é responsável pelo conteúdo ou a veracidade desta informação. >>> jmedeiros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 21/7/2005 20:17 >>> http://www.MSExchange.org/ Boa Dia, From your email domain it appears that you are Brazilian ( I am Portuguese ). I haven't run open Exchange and I am sure that it is a very good product, I really do not know of any company's in my area that are running it so I personally can not give you any feedback. However the Linux users list may be the best place to ask such a question, try www.svlug.org, they have a pretty active list on such topics and some very opinionated Linux Gurus that are always eager to give you there two cents ( Most are good guy's and gals ) What I have run and can give you my opinion is on the email client that I have had my Linux users use. Ximian connector for Ximain's Evolution works great to connect to my Exchange 2003 server that I supported at a previous company with out any issue's. http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/evolution.html I have to admit, Microsoft did a really nice job with Exchange 2003. Is Exchange really that expensive? Jose Medeiros Former Vice President and Postmaster NTEA MCP+I, MCSE, NT4 MCT www.ntea.net www.tvnug.org www.sfntug.org -----Original Message----- From: Tiago de Aviz [mailto:Tiago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:57 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Open-Exchange http://www.MSExchange.org/ Yeah yeah, no one knows Novell for sure ;) Small company... OpenExchange is a good option, it includes features that would require you to have Exchange, SharePoint and Project, but they all come bundled AND run on Linux. It's licensed software (since SuSE at the time developed it shortly after being acquired by Novell), and it ain't cheap ;) Check out Novell's site, it inclues pricing charts for the product. At least you don't have to license the Operating System itself, just pay SuSE's maintenance if you wish. Cheers! Tiago de Aviz SoftSell - Curitiba (41) 3340-2363 www.softsell.com.br Esta mensagem, incluindo seus anexos, tem caráter confidencial e seu conteúdo é restrito ao destinatário da mensagem. Caso você tenha recebido esta mensagem por engano, queira por favor retorná-la ao destinatário e apagá-la de seus arquivos. Qualquer uso não autorizado, replicação ou disseminação desta mensagem ou parte dela é expressamente proibido. A SoftSell não é responsável pelo conteúdo ou a veracidade desta informação. >>> msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx 21/7/2005 16:04 >>> http://www.MSEx change.org/ Hi all, Any comments on Open Exchange? Anyone used it? http://mirror.open-xchange.org This is an open source (i.e. free) product. I have a customer who seems very interested in it so I wanted to talk to him intelligently about MS Exchange vs Open-Exchange, technical pros and cons (not just mareting pros and cons like "MS is a big company, Open-Exchange is an unknown, no support etc."). Best regards Mike Salim ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: tiago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx