Comments on: Linux and Closed Source Software http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Diwaker Gupta Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:34:27 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/blog/2006/08/03/698/#comment-1436 *@shashikant*: Well you haven't heard about one because there really isn't anything as big and integrated with the entire corporate workflow as the whole Outlook/Exchange sheband. BTW, did you know that big corporations often have thousands of exchange server and for each exchange server, they need to employ upto 3 people just for server maintenance? Thats a huge operational cost, but since email is so critical these days and there's no other viable alternative, companies just suck it up. And there's nothing wrong in working on closed software. That doesn't make you evil or uneligible to discuss open source! :) *@shashikant*: Well you haven’t heard about one because there really isn’t anything as big and integrated with the entire corporate workflow as the whole Outlook/Exchange sheband. BTW, did you know that big corporations often have thousands of exchange server and for each exchange server, they need to employ upto 3 people just for server maintenance? Thats a huge operational cost, but since email is so critical these days and there’s no other viable alternative, companies just suck it up.

And there’s nothing wrong in working on closed software. That doesn’t make you evil or uneligible to discuss open source! :)

]]> By: Shashikant http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 Shashikant Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:55:53 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/blog/2006/08/03/698/#comment-1435 Exchange has penetrated very strongly in corporate environment and there is general reluctance, rightly so, to move from (broken) Exchange to some other solution. And, seriously, I haven't heard of any Apache-like powerful Exchange replacement. I should not speak much about Open/Closed software as myself I'm working on closed software. Exchange has penetrated very strongly in corporate environment and there is general reluctance, rightly so, to move from (broken) Exchange to some other solution. And, seriously, I haven’t heard of any Apache-like powerful Exchange replacement.

I should not speak much about Open/Closed software as myself I’m working on closed software.

]]> By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Diwaker Gupta Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:25:24 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/blog/2006/08/03/698/#comment-1432 *@brajesh*: I don't want to beat this out too much, because its not a very sound argument, but in some sense this is a chicken and egg problem. If some big muscle corps (IBM, HP etc) _wanted_ to use an OSS replacement for Outlook, I'm sure things would get mobilized pretty soon. FWIW, some not-so-small companies already do use some Exchange like stuff. Kolab (http://kolab.org) is pretty big in Europe. Novell is using Hula (http://www.hula-project.org/) and probably Evolution. So is Redhat. I've used Exchange, and I've used some OSS groupware stuff, and honestly, I don't see whats the big deal. *@brajesh*: I don’t want to beat this out too much, because its not a very sound argument, but in some sense this is a chicken and egg problem. If some big muscle corps (IBM, HP etc) _wanted_ to use an OSS replacement for Outlook, I’m sure things would get mobilized pretty soon.

FWIW, some not-so-small companies already do use some Exchange like stuff. Kolab (http://kolab.org) is pretty big in Europe. Novell is using Hula (http://www.hula-project.org/) and probably Evolution. So is Redhat. I’ve used Exchange, and I’ve used some OSS groupware stuff, and honestly, I don’t see whats the big deal.

]]> By: Brajesh http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Brajesh Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:42:26 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/blog/2006/08/03/698/#comment-1430 Something about outlook- it might have been for forever now, but it's an incredible piece of software (PoS the other way:-)) Hook it up with MS Exchange - the calendar, auto reminders are 'hard to put away' functionalities - at least for corporate setup. I used to be used of these things, I'm trying to live without them these days. Show me an F/LOSS example of that stature. Something about outlook- it might have been for forever now, but it’s an incredible piece of software (PoS the other way:-)) Hook it up with MS Exchange – the calendar, auto reminders are ‘hard to put away’ functionalities – at least for corporate setup. I used to be used of these things, I’m trying to live without them these days. Show me an F/LOSS example of that stature.

]]> By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Diwaker Gupta Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:06:24 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/blog/2006/08/03/698/#comment-1426 *@shashikant*: Of course! How could I have missed that. Thanks, added. *@shashikant*: Of course! How could I have missed that. Thanks, added.

]]> By: im-all-urs-123 http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 im-all-urs-123 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:39:31 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/blog/2006/08/03/698/#comment-1425 <strong>Linux and Closed Source Software...</strong> nice..... Linux and Closed Source Software…

nice…..

]]> By: Shashikant http://floatingsun.net/2006/08/03/linux-and-closed-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Shashikant Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:38:59 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/blog/2006/08/03/698/#comment-1424 Please add Apache to the list. Please add Apache to the list.

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