Re: Comparison of Java, C# for development on Windows and future for them

From: Ingo Pakleppa <ingo-immigration_at_kkeane.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 04:25:44 GMT
Message-ID: <c1NT9.5555$hE3.123369@news1.west.cox.net>

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:24:53 +0000, Chad Myers wrote:

>> Finally Exchange is the only thing that isn't pervasive on unix. Unix
>> people like to feel they have superior tools to that. ;-)

>
> Oh yeah, POP3/SMTP is far superior to Exchange. Where's that
> all-inclusive collaboration package for *nix?

IMAP, LDAP and NNTP come very close to Exchange's features. In fact, I'm running a Linux mail server that essentially replaces all important Exchange features.

> Why do the Linux folk try to duplicate Outlook (see Evolution)?

Because many Linux folks live in worlds that still use some Microsoft technology. Evolution is just a client (and one of many), just as Outlook is. What makes Evolution special is that it can interact with a regular Windows Exchange server and understands Microsoft's proprietary protocols. Received on Fri Jan 10 2003 - 22:25:44 CST