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R.I.P. Exchange?

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the years, many of Microsoft monopolies have been successfully attacked by open source: Linux on the server; Apache for Web servers; Firefox for Web browsers; and so on. The one exception, and it’s a big one, is business e-mail. Exchange, with 65% of the market owns business groupware and e-mail. Things are about to change.

Cisco is buying PostPath, and that is going to kick Exchange in the head. You see, is an open-source based server program that doesn’t just do e-mail and groupware, it actually has reverse-engineered Microsoft Exchange’s protocols. Result: To someone sitting at a desk looking at your copy of Outlook, you won’t be able to tell the difference.

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Tags: Cisco · E-Mail · Linux · Mergers · Microsoft · Network · Operating System

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