<OT> Anyone know what posting says MS can't get exchange up to50,000 users

[Jason Joines]

> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:00:25 -0500
> Jason Joines <joines at bus.okstate.edu> wrote:
> 
>>   We just got a new CIO at the university where I work.  One thing he
>>   is 
>> about to do is get rid of all the different mail systems and have one 
>> big combined system for all employees and students.  That'll be about 
>> 50,000 users.
>> 
>>   At the moment the predominant faculty/staff mail system is Lotus 
>> Domino on windows 2k and the predominant system for students is Sun 
>> Internet Mail Server on Solaris.  He intends to replace these with ms 
>> exchange on windows 2k.  There is a small chance he will listen to 
>> suggestions to consider non-exchange options.
>> 
>>   Any suggestions?
> 
> If he's serious about Exchange with 50k+ users, I suggest you find a new
> job (the recent posting to this list comes to mind).  Not even M$ can
> get this to work.  You'll need one exchange server per 500 users (so
> 100+ Win2k systems running Exchange should work) -- or, one Linux box
> using something like PowerMail (and PostgreSQL), although I'd suggest 3
> systems for good failover capability.
> 
> Also, the PowerMail solution will cost you about half a million $$$ less
> and not have nearly the headaches.  BTW, to run 100+ Win2k servers,
> you'll need at least 10 more Windoze admins too (not included in above
> cost savings estimate, so estimate over $1,000,000 in savings per year).
> 
> OTOH, if this guys importance is measured in terms of the size of his
> budget and not his successful accomplishments, only M$ will do.  M$, the
> empire builders' dream.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> David A. Bandel
> -- 
> Focus on the dream, not the competition.
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   Anyone know what posting this refers to and where I can find it, "If 
he's serious about Exchange with 50k+ users, I suggest you find a new 
job (the recent posting to this list comes to mind).  Not even M$ can 
get this to work."?

Thanks,

Jason
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