Quoth Jan Johansson on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 15:44:39 +0100
> > The main reason not to use Exchange is the money, but as a
> > university you may get it cheaper.
>
> But, to be fair, look at the Small Business Server platform from
> Microsoft. Less then $600 and you get Win 2003 server, Exchange,
> Sharepoint Team Services, some pretty nifty admin helpers, fax
> solution, front page and some other things. Five clients are included;
> the rest is about $80/each.
>
> Add another $1000 and you also get MS SQL-Server 2000 and MS ISA
> Server.
So, that's what? $1600 for a solution... not bad.
Now: Exim+spamassassin+viruscheck ($0), Linux/FreeBSD ($0), MySQL ($0),
Vim ($0) and Mutt ($0). Total is $0 which seems to me to be less...
but then again, I am a mathematician.
In my experience cost was never an issue in choosing IT solutions --
just politics.
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