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  From: Sean Burford <slide@tellurian.com.au>
  To  : Richard Russell <rarussel@lincoln.college.adelaide.edu.au>
  Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:19:03 +1030 (CST)

Re: Linux as an NT Server replacement

> 5 Email (MS Mail/Exchange/Notes/etc -- are these particularly different to
> POP/IMAP/SMTP? Do they do anything Linux mail can't do?)

Investigate LDAP.  Exchange has handy global addressbook features, and 
integration with scheduling (Outlook).  I have not seen these supplied under 
Unix.  Find out if your users require this functionality, and what the 
alternatives are. 

http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=mail500

> 10 Other stuff -- MS BackOffice, etc (can Linux do everything worth anything
> or not?)

http://www.microsoft.com/backoffice/basics/benefits.htm

I have heard (Unfounded rumour?  Possibly) BackOffice is used to allow the 
running of more than one service (Exchange, RAS, IIS, etc) on an NT box, 
where they otherwise could not exist in harmony.  Anyone want to (off the 
list) tell me how true this is?

More true is, it appears that BO is just all the other services lumped 
into a single distribution.
(Pricing: Can I get a "Competitive Upgrade" from a Monopoly?  Where is my 
Linux license certificate for me to get the trade in? :P ).

Sean