Re: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
Re: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
- From: "Timothy J. Miller" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:59:29 -0600
Fletcher, Boyd C. CIV US USJFCOM JFL J9935 wrote:
frankly MS's approach to exchange is far better than the other older way.
the tighter integration let's you do things you can't do with separate
servers.
Like what?
The core services of Exchange are store-and-forward messaging, event
data sharing, directory. Virtually everything else Exchange brings to
the table are meta-protocols using email as a transport.
Take, for example, tasks and workflows. Tasks and workflows can be
implemented as a client-to-client protocols; I create a "task object"
and mail it to you. Your client understands it as a task, but to the
mail system it's just another MIME segment of an email. Workflows can
be done similarly; I send you an object to be routed, and a second
object with the routing. Your client knows what to do, but the mail
system just sees attachments.
How about unified messaging? Record & decode at the PBX, look the user
up in the directory by his phone number, and send the file in an email.
(Add speech-to-text for more pizazz.)
Public folders? Am I the only one who remembers NNTP? ;)
as for presentation layer vs backend separation. The exchange backend is
decoupled from the frontend. you can use a variety of clients with Exchange
including Apple Mail, Entourage, Evolution, any IMAP/POP client, and Outlook
just to name a few.
Really? Exchange doesn't talk CalDAV. So if I want to use Exchange's
calendar service what do I use? Certainly not a standards-based
calendar client. Similarly MS's implementation of SIP and SIMPLE isn't
standard either.
That's the kind of separation that matters.
-- Tim
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