[nylug-talk] The futureof Zimbra after Microsoft's bid forYahoo!

[Ajai Khattri]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Ron Guerin wrote:

> I myself know nothing about what Apple's up to, but I know that if Apple 
> wants in on those corporate desktops,  Steve Jobs has got to have 
> Exchange on his radar.

Actually OS X Server has a mail server and shared calendars but its geared 
towards Apple applications like iCal and Apple Mail not Windows.

Im thinking however that "Exchange compatibility" is not on his radar at 
all, you either buy into using Apple clients and Apple servers or you 
dont.

> That said, Exchange groupware generally involves VBA scripting, and I 
> just read recently that there's no VB engine for Intel OS X, and there 
> isn't going to be.

Why oh why does Bill Gates love BASIC sooo much?

>  So my guess is that Apple has no intention of trying 
> to play nice with Exchange groupware, and will attempt their own 
> solution that works transparently with Microsoft clients.

It would be awesome if they bring out a drop-in Exchange replacement but 
Im not holding my breath.



-- 
Aj. (after a year of VB scripting I vowed "never again")