RE: [MLUG] Drop-in MS Exchange replacement

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The idea is to keep all your communications in one place. IM isn't one of them yet. I think it might intergrate with that Microsoft colabaration program every one talks about but never hardly uses.... I can't remember what it's called. That's the funny thing about this stuff. You never know what kind of crap the general populace is going to take a liking to. Could be the most expensive, most worthless piece of crap that any programmer coded. As long as the general populace uses it, every one will be forced to use it after a while. Just look at Microsoft word. It was never the best word processor out there, and it still isn't. 
Okay, back to the topic at hand. Microsoft exchange intergrates contact information, callendering, and e-mail all into one package. The reason the university went to it was for the callendering. It enables them to have different people from the different campuses and departments scedual meetings with each other with much less cross traffic. Al least, that's how it's supposed to work. Meetings disappear, don't pop up reminders, loose updates, and don't clean up after them selves. I am actualy impressed that it works as good as it does, even though it dosen't work that well. And then there are the voting buttons and the message recall options. It's so funny to see someone send something to a list serve and try to recall it. Then there are the voting buttons, all the HTML and scripting crap, the away message auto responders and all sorts of crap like that. The ideas behind Exchange are notable, but the scope is way too ambitious and the openness the whole system requires is highly dependant on a very secure network. It's not a task Microsoft should have tackeled, because it depends too much on things they aren't strong on.... Like security. :-)
 
Shannon

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Mike Miller [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
	Sent: Mon 12/9/2002 9:35 PM 
	To: MLUG membership 
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	Subject: RE: [MLUG] Drop-in MS Exchange replacement
	
	

	Can someone please tell me what MS Exchange does?
	
	Maybe this web page was supposed to answer that question:
	
	http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/overview/default.asp
	
	But it's poorly written, rambling, and laden with jargon and hype.  It's a
	big collection buzz-words and almost no meaning.
	
	It kinda sounds like Exchange allows you to integrate e-mail with instant
	messaging.  <facetious>Woo hoo!</facetious>
	
	Please tell me what I'm missing.
	
	Mike
	
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