Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 121.72.185.159]
on August 30, 2008 09:23 AM
It's particularly interesting because the list of BIG players who are publicly declaring their hatrid of Microsoft is now a VERY impressive list. IBM, HP, Novell, ASUS and now Cisco one of the BIGGEST names in I.T. full stop. In addition to that Post Path may not be open source but it gives people the opportunity to run a server running something OTHER than Microsoft Windows Server, just because they want a mail server that does the things Exchange does. One of the big things holding Linux back as an OS for servers was it's ability to run small to medium sized offices. It's ALWAYS been viable for web servers, file servers etc but it's never been particularly viable (Unless the I.T. manager HAPPENS to be a Linux Junkie and therefore MAKES it happen) as a server OS for a small to large company.
Now that we have Post Path and Scalix, (IMHO the two best Exchange imitators) the world of Linux Servers for Small to medium offices has grown to an extremely large potential level. As someone who runs an I.T. company that provides all sorts of services I'm extatic to see this. As of the last few months I can actually offer my customers a fully Linux setup in their offices. I can offer a Terminal Server solution, Mail Server, File Server, VPN Server Endpoint and a Database server, all on free OS's even if they still need to pay for MySQL Enterprise and Post Path or Scalix Enterprise.
I also can't wait to see what Cisco does with Post Path, they've now openly said they're pissed off at Microsoft so let's see how far they can push this to actually cause Microsoft Exchange problems.
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Cisco buys PostPath, targets Microsoft Exchange
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 121.72.185.159] on August 30, 2008 09:23 AMNow that we have Post Path and Scalix, (IMHO the two best Exchange imitators) the world of Linux Servers for Small to medium offices has grown to an extremely large potential level. As someone who runs an I.T. company that provides all sorts of services I'm extatic to see this. As of the last few months I can actually offer my customers a fully Linux setup in their offices. I can offer a Terminal Server solution, Mail Server, File Server, VPN Server Endpoint and a Database server, all on free OS's even if they still need to pay for MySQL Enterprise and Post Path or Scalix Enterprise.
I also can't wait to see what Cisco does with Post Path, they've now openly said they're pissed off at Microsoft so let's see how far they can push this to actually cause Microsoft Exchange problems.
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