Moving to an Open source environment

[James McDonald]

M.W. Chang wrote:

>James McDonald wrote:
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>>I am starting to get tired of spending 11000 (Exchange EE) + HARDWARE + 
>>OS + AV to give people email, when I can do it with a linux/qmail/imap 
>>install for about a days wages. However some small points seem to stop 
>>me from recommending an open source only solution.
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>what if Micro$oft disguised themselves as linux developers?
>how could you identity and replace them? :)
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Easy any developer that spent their time, wizardizing everything,
removing useful features and breaking packages into an array of
chargeable 'added extras' would almost have to be M$ backed.