I just find it hard to believe that Google will be replacing Exchange at the corporate end. While that may be their goal, they've been saying that for many years. The same holds true for the MS Office "cloud" model.
Where they are making inroads are at a number of public schools, colleges, etc that are using Google email brand (but still buying Office). They are replacing *Nix mail platforms and Netware. Of the ones I can think of, none of them had Exchange. And I'm sure the schools are getting a huge break on it (if not for free). Gmail is great. Not only has it been convenient, but it's been free. I also don't think that Gmail would be nearly as popular as it is if there was a cost to the end user. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is Exchange Doomed? "Around 1.75 million businesses are using Google Apps"? 1.75 million USERS I would believe, not businesses. Exchange in your local shop may be doomed, MS wants you to buy it as a cloud service too. It was only a matter of time before somebody came up with reasonable competition. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Is Exchange Doomed? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10260879-2.html Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _____ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
