2006/07/26 · 11:32

Scalix and Zimbra should get married

Scalix announced yesterday that they’re going to provide open source licenses for major components of their product. This aligns them nicely with Zimbra, which has already done the same thing. Zimbra has a better web interface (IMHO) than Scalix does, and better admin tools to boot; however, Scalix has a mature and proven back-end system. If they really wanted to give IBM and Microsoft headaches, the two of them should team up somehow and combine forces. I can’t take credit for the idea; fellow MVP William Lefkovics suggested it to me a few months ago.

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2 responses to “Scalix and Zimbra should get married”

  1. Devin L. Ganger's avatar Devin L. Ganger
    2006/07/26 at 14:40

    Scalix needs to be damned careful doing that, considering the history of their codebase.

  2. William Lefkovics's avatar William Lefkovics
    2006/08/01 at 15:53

    And PostPath uses the same code for their web interface as Zimbra, but is a slightly different competitor in the same realm.
    I think this splitting of the market amongst Linux-specific alternatives works in favour of the Exchanges and even Dominos of the world.
    Anyone catch the World Tournament of Dominos coverage on ESPN? I thought they were going to have Notes administrators timed for installation and configuration for email.