Re: [Evolution] Competing with Microsoft

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

I'm sorry to bring this up again (well actually I'm not!) ...

I was in a meeting last week with Microsoft - they are keen to get
Exchange into where I work.   Needless to say I was standing up for
Linux & Evolution.  I got an email this morning from them telling me
essentially "don't worry, Evolution supports Exchange, so you will be
able to work with it from your Linux desktop".  

   !!

My flabber was well and truly gasted.

P.



On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 06:23 -0600, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2008 4:53 AM, Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk> wrote:
> > It saddens me to see the Evo developers chasing Microsoft's tail all the
> > time - it is exactly the scenario that Microsoft want: the perception
> > that they are the leader and everyone has to follow them.  I wish there
>
> yes, I understand. But when there are 400 million exchange mailboxes
> (or what ever the numbers are, this is just meant to be illustrative)
> and 2.5 million of "something else" that is not Notes or GroupWise
> ....
>
> well, there ain't much marketshare there, is there? Leadership is what
> it is: they are in the lead. You may argue "not technically" but....
> really that does not matter so much.
>
> > was some easier way into Exchange and I sincerely home that the libmapi
> > approach is going to provide it - although my cynicism tells me that the
> > mapi protocol will change every few months in order to break everything
> > other than MS products .  At least once that is sorted out, the Evo
> > developers can concentrate on other things.
>
> MAPI is pretty stable --- but M$ will break things periodically, that
> is for certain. But a working base is a requirement. We have not had
> that .... really ever from EVO/Exchange. I hope it works well, too,
> and provides something of a real alternative.
>
> Peter