Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?

On 02.06.2012, at 03:06, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> wrote:

> On Jun 1, 2012, at 08:33, Daniel Kalchev wrote:
>=20
>> For example if one wants an e-mail server, that is better served in the l=
ong run by IMAP+MTA than any form of Exchange, because you are not tied to o=
ne single platform and that vendor's lunacy. Otherwise FreeBSD runs just fin=
e as server for about any other OS client, provided those clients use standa=
rd Internet protocols.
>=20
> If all you want is e-mail, then there are certainly better options than Ex=
change IMHO. However, once you get into calendars (private and shared, with d=
elegation to secretaries, etc.), meeting rooms, ActiveSync (to remotely wipe=
 lost devices), then it's a whole different game.

There are a lot of open source calendaring applications, of all kinds. Most r=
un fine on FreeBSD.

I really see no reason why your 'mail or calendaring server' should be able t=
o wipe your devices.. This is the sort of bloat that keeps me away. =46rom M=
icrosoft products.

>=20
> E-mail was solved a long time ago, but Exchange does many things on top of=
 it that many organizations find very handy, and where there doesn't seem to=
 be a decent open alternative.
>=20

Hope you are not of the opinion that first there was Exchange, then all othe=
r e-mail servers appeared, "copying" it. History was exactly the other way a=
round. We were using it long before Microsoft discovered this Internet thing=
 exists and first tried to kill it.
Again it is not about open source. It is about non-proprietary protocols. Al=
l proprietary platforms turn to be more expensive in every respect in a whil=
e.

In this regard I rather prefer the way Apple handles things. Shiny wrapper i=
nterface to pretty much generic technology. No reinvention of the wheel and e=
xperiments to see if it can be made square.

Daniel=
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