Re: [Evolution] Ximian Connector?

[Brady Hegberg <bradyh bitstream net>]

I think it's a perfect idea to give away this great email client but
charge the exchange lusers...er users.  I'm sure there will be lots of
choices for backends, some of them free, some of them extremely pricey
(<cough>Oracle 9i</cough>).  In the end I'm sure charging for exchange
connectivity will not only help Ximian survive but will also help drive
forward the quest for an open and free replacement for Exchange and help
Linux desktops invade the enterprise.  A three birds with one stone
situation.

Brady

> On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:40:48PM -0800, Ujwal S. Sathyam wrote:
> > This sounds really interesting.
>
> .. furthermore, it sounds like a wonderful business model, given
> that nothing else really does this yet.  It seems that even Evolution
> doesn't, from the examples of discussion on here that I've seen - for
> example, our calendaring at the moment is p2p, right?  How will Evo(GPL)
> handle this when Evo(Proprietary) appears?  Is it really planned to
> have a version of iCal that wanders around client->client as well as a
> version that talks to servers?
>
> It all sounds a bit, um, icky.  And I'm guessing that the development of
> the connector isn't going to be at all publically discussed.  And I'm a
> little frustrated that the mail client that I thought was this huge
> effort on the part of the community to write the app that's going to 
> be a /huge/ part in bringing Linux to the desktop is only going to be
> the answer to Outlook in a "Yeah, use Evolution.  It's cool.  Oh, but
> you have to pay for Exchange interoperability." way, and that no-one
> mentioned this before.  Feels almost like we have to start again, to
> find another way of arguing "Linux is free.  You can do _this_ with it."
> to our bosses.  
>
> Anyway.  Someone had to rant.  I think the more fair argument is that,
> well, /I/ haven't put any code into Evo.  And most of us haven't.  And
> there's no way in hell it'd be here if Ximian hadn't hired people and
> all of this, so it's at least justified.  
>
> But enough.  I'm off to try and get my 1.0 install alive again.
>
> - ~C, a little disillusioned. 
> -- 
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> As to luck, there's the old miners' proverb: Gold is where you find it.
>
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