MS Exchange server on FreeBSD?

[Jerry Bell]

I'll second that the calendar/email functionality has become a utility
service in many organizations.  Exchange/outlook, for all their
shortcomings, have really changed the way companies work.

At my day job, we have 9 exchange servers around the world, with about
1500 mailboxes, so not a huge install, but in the past 5 years,
calendaring, email and public folders have become a critical component of
the business, and any bit of unavailability isn't tolerated.  Now, we are
fortunate that we have several really good windows/exchange guys to keep
things humming, but it is clear that the business demands of calendaring
and email are outstripping the ability of MS to deliver.  We, along with
many other organizations, are really looking at ways to achieve 99.999%
uptime on exchange, but we're realy kidding ourselves.  Something like
communigate pro, that can be clustered and run on a non-windows OS could
move us closer to the mark, but still not really there.  The OS' and apps
just aren't meant for that type of availability yet.

Jerry

> A definite career-limiting move.
>
> It is a major reason why we can't go to a fully open source desktop.

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