Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange 249
joesmart writes to tell us that new work on OpenChange and KDE seeks to bridge the gap between groupware compatibility and open source. KDE developer Brad Hards spoke at the Linux.conf.au conference and said the goal of OpenChange is to implement the Microsoft Exchange protocols as they are used by Outlook. "OpenChange has client and server-side libraries for Exchange integration and relies heavily on code developed for Samba 4. It is open source software licensed under the GPL version 3. Hards said more work is being done on the client side and 'we have code for the server,' but estimates another 12 months of development is required to produce an OpenChange server ready for production."
But can they make it suck as much? (Score:1, Funny)
It is nice to emulate Exchange, but raising it to the level of suk that MS achieves would be a labor of decades.
(You gonna mod this troll or funny? Huh? What ya gonna do, boy?)
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Re:Here we go again..... (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, I believe the MS gamebook says to Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish. Or as their competitors liked to say EEE!!!!
Re:Here we go again..... (Score:3, Funny)
They'll probably just update their version of Samba and LDAP :)
Re:Here we go again..... (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, I believe the MS gamebook says to Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish. Or as their competitors liked to say EEE!!!!
I thought Windows ran on the EEE. On the other hand, Netscape's last word was "Aieeee!" (It's spelled like it sounds, though.)
Honestly, however, Netscape's last word was RAAAAAAAAAR! [mozilla.com] And Microsoft is definitely still hearing the echoes...
Re:Here we go again..... (Score:5, Funny)
Do you know what 1000 Windows 2008 Server client and Exchange Server client licenses cost?
No, but last I heard the Microsoft licensing is so hard to figure out that the lawyers who can tell you how much this would cost are almost as expensive as the software itself.
(rimshot)