In comp.os.linux.advocacy, amicus_curious
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on Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:33:23 -0500
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Google Steps Into Microsoft's Office
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>> | Greg Brandeau is itching to dump the decade-old, homegrown e-mail
>> | system he manages at Pixar Animation Studios Inc. And the senior
>> | vice-president for technology at the Walt Disney Co. unit is sure
>> | about one thing: The replacement won't be Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange
>> | and Outlook duo, whose e-mail, calendar, and other programs
>> | dominate corporate computing.
>> `----
>>
> On the other hand:
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> "For now, Microsoft has little to fear. Many large corporations are wary of
> having an e-mail system run outside their own walls, where they can't be
> sure it's secure from hackers and spies. And even Google concedes its
> services don't have all the bells and whistles of Microsoft's products, such
> as centralized e-mail backups that help them comply with regulatory rules.
> ""
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> How long would Mr. Brandeau keep his job after changing over to such a
> system? Not long.
>
> Such horribly selective snipping of news articles is likely to make all of
> these claims suspect.
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>
And the reason Greg Brandeau couldn't use something like
squirrelmail or exim within his walls is ... ?
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