Seamlessly Integrated Email, Calendar, Contact, Task Management and Extensive Standards Support Enable the Corporate Open Source Desktop
Ximian, Inc., the leading open source desktop company, today announced the availability of Ximian Evolution™ version 1.0, the premier personal and workgroup information management solution for Linux and UNIX-based systems. In one powerful and easy-to-use application, Ximian Evolution uniquely integrates email, calendar, contact and task list management. Evolution's broad support for data exchange and communications standards enables Linux and UNIX users to be integrated into corporate networks and messaging systems. Ximian Evolution 1.0 and its source code can be freely downloaded or purchased on CD as part of the Ximian Desktop software at www.ximian.com.
Ximian also announced today the Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange, an add-in product to Ximian Evolution geared towards providing full interoperability with Microsoft Exchange 2000 (see release, "Ximian to Offer Interoperability For Ximian Evolution with Microsoft Exchange 2000"). Available early next year, this add-in package allows Ximian Evolution to work seamlessly as a true groupware client for Microsoft Exchange 2000. Ximian Connector enables Linux and UNIX-based Ximian Evolution users to use corporate Microsoft Exchange 2000 servers to read email, handle group calendaring, and to manage contacts and tasks lists.
News source: Ximian Inc.
Ximian, Inc., the leading open source desktop company, today announced the availability of Ximian Evolution™ version 1.0, the premier personal and workgroup information management solution for Linux and UNIX-based systems. In one powerful and easy-to-use application, Ximian Evolution uniquely integrates email, calendar, contact and task list management. Evolution's broad support for data exchange and communications standards enables Linux and UNIX users to be integrated into corporate networks and messaging systems. Ximian Evolution 1.0 and its source code can be freely downloaded or purchased on CD as part of the Ximian Desktop software at www.ximian.com.
Ximian also announced today the Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange, an add-in product to Ximian Evolution geared towards providing full interoperability with Microsoft Exchange 2000 (see release, "Ximian to Offer Interoperability For Ximian Evolution with Microsoft Exchange 2000"). Available early next year, this add-in package allows Ximian Evolution to work seamlessly as a true groupware client for Microsoft Exchange 2000. Ximian Connector enables Linux and UNIX-based Ximian Evolution users to use corporate Microsoft Exchange 2000 servers to read email, handle group calendaring, and to manage contacts and tasks lists.
News source: Ximian Inc.
Volume licensees will still be able to buy extra NT Server 4.0 licenses, by "downgrading" from Windows 2000. To do this, companies have to buy a Windows 2000 license for every NT 4.0 licence they want; Microsoft says they can later upgrade to Windows 2000 at no extra cost.
But some companies are loathe to lose their Windows Server NT 4.0 operating system, having invested a great deal of time and effort building operations around it. Even though the product is now five years old, its retirement is not universally popular.
Chris Ogg, President of Canadian consultancy Wireless Island, said a lot of companies he deals with seem to be refusing to retire Windows NT 4.0. "I did so with much regret around August, but so many companies have invested years in getting it just right," he said. "We have one client who is running software which requires Windows NT 4.0.Wwe had to buy Windows 2000 licences then install NT 4.0." Ogg said that the situation is less than ideal.
As sales of Windows NT Server 4.0 are restricted, support will also be gradually downgraded. From 1 January 2003, Microsoft will start charging for hot fixes. Hot fixes will be discontinued altogether 12 months later on 1 January 2004, at which time pay-per-incident and Premier support will also be axed. Online support is due to be stopped on 1 January 2005.
Microsoft caused something of a storm among certified engineers when it originally announced the retirement of Windows NT Server 4.0: the company said engineers would lose their MCSE titles gained under the Windows NT 4.0 track. Following intense lobbying from customers, Microsoft said it would change the certification title to include versions, so that engineers will now be designated as MCSE on Windows NT 4.0, or MCSE on Windows 2000.
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