Re: [Evolution] Competing with Microsoft

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 17:23 +0100, Adam SjÃgren wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:05:12 +0000, Pete wrote:
>
> > 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".  
>
> If you a) turn on IMAP in Exchange or b) use Exchange < 2007, isn't
> their information close to correct?

The context was that I would be able to use Exchange 2007 from my Linux
desktop the same as from a Windows desktop using Outlook.  

> It would be fun if you could ask them where the technical documentation
> for MAPI can be obtained :-)

I told them that if they were seriously touting the Evo as a linux
alternative to Outlook, then they should provide resources and help to
the libmapi/Evo developers.

P.