Comments on: Why and How Microsoft Exchange Should be Replaced by Free/Libre Software http://techrights.org/2010/06/29/swapping-microsoft-exchange-for-foss/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: twitter http://techrights.org/2010/06/29/swapping-microsoft-exchange-for-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-93049 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:28:11 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=34260#comment-93049 The easiest way to get rid of Exchange is to get rid of Windows on the desktop. Good mail clients are available for Windows but most of them run better under GNU/Linux. Reasonable clients work better with reasonable servers than Microsoft will ever work with itself or “third party” software they sabotage. Getting rid of the uncooperative party makes everything work better. Remember IBM’s advice and move enthusiastic people first and trouble makers last. This way you work out the bugs with people who will help you and isolate people more loyal to Windows than they are to their own company.

Windows can be served to GNU/Linux desktops in a number of ways besides dual boot, Wine or desktop virtualization. A zero effort method is to use Windows terminal services and a client like Gnome’s, “Terminal Server Client”. This is insecure but no more so than having Windows on your network in the first place and it works well. With a little more work, Windows can be virtualized and served out the same way to desktops from a server. This greatly reduces the work of keeping Windows around by making the whole system a file. With a little more work, things can be served through OpenSSH for privacy and security either as Windows terminal services or an X11 forward. Any of these takes care of the edge cases where an irreplaceable vendor has made the Windows only mistake. The vast majority of business desktops don’t need Windows at all.

]]> By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/06/29/swapping-microsoft-exchange-for-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-92966 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:46:56 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=34260#comment-92966 Computers need to rest too. [sarcasm /]

]]> By: dyfet http://techrights.org/2010/06/29/swapping-microsoft-exchange-for-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-92965 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:32:52 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=34260#comment-92965 Hmm…I suppose one can also write a cron job that randomly shuts down a GNU/Linux which has a long uptime, and change things like update manager to tag reboot required after each package set install, so one can truly have the same user experience of Microsoft Windows, too ;)

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