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Red Hat adds module to ease use of Microsoft Exchange with Linux | |
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| Time: 02:02 EST/07:02 GMT | News Source: ComputerWorld | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Deb Woods, vice president of product management for the Raleigh, N.C.-based company, said the beta version, released two days ago, now includes the Evolution Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 open-source code from Novell Inc. and its Ximian division. The connector was formerly called Ximian Connector before Ximian was acquired by Novell. "Customers are looking for connectors to Exchange to help with their Exchange servers," Woods said. Before building the connector into the operating system in the new beta, customers had to "roll their own" connector by taking the Ximian product or going through the open-source community and integrating it themselves, she said | ||
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| #1 By 1642 (66.208.6.173) at 7/26/2004 11:21:03 PM |
| I don't understand this. If an organization goes through all the trouble of Windows 2003/Exchange 2003/Active Directory, why use Linux? It seems like this would mean that you are already fairly connected into the Microsoft way of doing things, and you might as well stick with Microsoft. |
| #2 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 7/27/2004 12:27:20 AM |
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The connection method they are using does not appear to be a direct MAPI connection.
From what I see, it uses Exchange's Outlook Web Access [OWA] to access the contents of folders. This does not seem particularly beneficial over a full MAPI connection. While interesting, it should be noted that many people "live" in their email - they are very particular about the slightest features and behaviors. Next to MAPI using RPC over HTTPS, native support for the OMA - Windows Mobile and Outlook 2003 [it really is a great email client], I don't see too many people opting for this - may be some who are migrating to Linux on the desktop, vice moving to XP - where they want to perhaps preserve the Exchange - e.g., perhaps Win9x users. I don't know if too many would actually do this - by this I mean, most people we install Exchange for, use a lot of different programs - they tend to want OMA< or a BB Server; they have programs like Summation, etc... and it would be very difficult to support these after a move to Linux. I don't see how these users would be able to make such a switch willingly. |
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