Interesting discussion. A couple of observations: Exchange and Notes are about something quite different than Oracle and other similar messaging engines. What Ellison calls e-mail, is not the same thing. The reasons that the mostly Unix based systems did not get the market that went the LAN server based systems was the cost of entry for small installations, and the lack of critical features such as integration with the Windows desktop and a good group calendaring solution.
That much being said, Exchange and Notes are now incumbents. If they fail to do the better job of supporting emerging requirements from other platforms, then Exchange and Notes could also go away or become marginalized. Right now, Exchange does not do the web as well as it should, and some parts of Microsoft still labor under the totally lame notion that the new small devices are only companions to big PC's. Unix folks back in the 80's used to look down their noses at the lowly PC and could not bring themselves to stoop to be good service providers to them. Much of that same attitude is now being exhibited by the PC systems communities toward the new smaller devices. What goes around . . . -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Oracle to replace Exchange? Not! "Ellison derided Microsoft's Exchange e-mail servers as unreliable and insecure." Huh? What?? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Doug Hampshire Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:17 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Oracle to replace Exchange? Not! http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20011113/tc/ellison_aims_for_microsoft_s _e-m ail_crown_1.html _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
