17 June 2008 ~ Comments

Exchange Server for the Rest of Us?

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After Apple's unveiling of MobileMe, touted as Exchange for the rest of us, I started wondering about the possibility of a potentially much more disruptive angle that Apple could take with the service(s). What if Apple included all of the backend bits that power MobileMe into the next or some future version of Mac OS X Server? What if any organization could roll out push email, contact and calendar to their entire workforce for only $999? What if an organization could offer the same kick-ass web-based mail, address book and calendar applications that MobileMe users will have access to? How many small and medium business would drop Windows and Exchange in a heartbeat to switch to OS X Server with these features?

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