[Leaplist] Zarafa now under GPL3 is this any good?

[Mr. Brunkow]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 9/20/08, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
>> Yes, it looks like Zarafa is your "run of the
>> mill" Exchange "replacement":  
>> http://www.zarafa.com/?q=en/content/technical-explanation  
> 
> MS Exchange's "architecture" will be very similar.
> You'll have OWA on the left, using XMLRPC, and then
> Outlook on the right, using XMLRPC.
> 
> Third parties will use MAPI (via license) or XMLRPC
> connectors (via license, possibly reverse engineering?**),
> although support may vary.
> 
> Now look at a true "heavyweight" collaboration system:  
> http://www.opengroupware.org/en/devs/docs/OGoArchitecture.html  
> 
> Notice something?  A truly open server backend _and_ all
> sorts of business logic and middleware that is extensible.
> There is a generic "Server Store" interface, just like other
> systems, but there's a lot more to it.
> 
> Now OGo is just the collaboration part, and ties into
> Mail/LDAP.  Zimbra, on the other hand, offers even more
> flexibility:  
> http://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=ZCS_System_Architecture  
> 
> It can use OpenLDAP, Red Hat/Fedora Directory Server (and
> the new Identity, Audit, Policy, IPA, server based on the
> same), or even ActiveDirectory.  It uses Tomcat and a HTTP
> front-end, so you can even "load balance" which is extremely
> useful (and better than Exchange) for many enterprises.
> 
> This all aside ...
> 
> What's good for you?  Depends on what you want.  Many of
> these systems, including Exchange (especially for what
> little it gives you for that "cost"), are probably over-
> kill for what you need.  Some like KGroupware and a few
> others because they offer a web front-end and a few
> connectors with all that is necessary.
> 
> If you want to tie-in Outlook which has Windows MAPI or
> XMLRPC assumptions in how the server connectors work, then
> you will want to implement more flexible capabilities.
> I don't like OGo because it's not simple to setup, largely
> because of it's flexibility (although SKYRiX will sell
> you a commercial implementation with various "assumptions"
> in how it will operate).
> 
> Zimbra seems to be the solution that many Linux-based
> Enterprises have or are moving to.  Especially ones already
> with their own directory server infrastructure.
> 
> 
Thank you very much for the great reply.  I did not mean to imply that
Exchange was great, just better then what I, me and me alone, had seen
so far in the Linux world.

The 2 yuou mentioned I had not heard of yet, but will do some reading
tonight when I get home from out of town to learn more.

Thank you much.

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Raymond L. Brunkow
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