Re: M$ - so what should they do?

[Ondrej Krajicek <krajicek () ics muni cz>]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 01:52:10PM -0400, Dave D. Cawley wrote:
>       How about making it so I can secure things on my machine from family
> members without having to setup a server to use Active Directory just to do
> that. How about not having to pay for Exchange Server just easily use and
> "out of office" reply. Since Outlook and Outlook Express are the default
> email clients for home users, how about being able to create separate user
> accounts like Pegasus has done for over 10 years.

Well, I am not sure whether you have to use Exchange just because
you run Windows Server. Also, whether Outlook/Express is the default
MUA is the matter of OEM. I am using Windows XP on my notebook
and still I am happy with Mutt for e-mails. For home use, I would
probably recommend Mozilla or Firefox/Thunderbird for ordinary
users (if they'd refuse to use Microsoft stuff). 

Exchange, Outlook, Office, ... have nothing to do with design of
the operating system. These are optional tools, offered
by the same company. You don't have to use them. And when it
comes to operating systems, I am really not very happy
with the support the Linux Kernel offers for e-mails
(just kidding).

Ondra

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|Ondrej Krajicek                                                 (-KO|
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