On Mon, Apr 07, 2008, Johnny Hughes wrote: >Jun Salen wrote: >>Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>>What is the closest open source mail server I can replace exchange >>>with that provides the nearest equivalent in user experience? >>> >>>Thanks! >>>jlc >> >>I use Zimbra OS Edition with more than 300 users, Ajax and HTML capable >>and very easy to setup. Looks professional in terms of interface. Good >>community too. The only problem is that it was bought by Yahoo which is >>planning to buy by M$, but since OS version was GPL, then I assume that >>the project will continue even after acquired by M$. Maybe. > >it is NOT GPL, it is YPL ><http://www.zimbra.com/license/yahoo_public_license_1.0.html> and can >not be redistributed without attribution ... so if the M$ buy out >happens there is no guarantee that another version could be made under >the terms of the YPL. > >There has been MUCH dismay about this in the Zimbra forums ... and we >will have to see what happens if the buyout happens. As well there should be. Microsoft has a long history of buying software companies that have *nix solutions that compete with their own products, then killing the *nix versions (RealWorld and other accounting software comes to mind). At one time HP had a promising Exchange replacement, which they dropped. There are those who think that M$ brought pressure on HP to drop this, and HP probably sells far more systems running Windows than they do running *nix systems. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches. Will Rogers