Comments on: Snow Leopard Server Takes on Exchange, SharePoint

By: Inside MobileMe: iPhone’s Exchange alternative for contacts and calendar — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:31:01 +0000

[...] Apple’s interest in calendaring on the Mac desktop remained stuck with a disappointingly simple placeholder version of iCal for years. However, once Apple dumped Meeting Maker as its corporate calendar and actually began using iCal, it rapidly improved into a product worth using. As Apple pushes the iPhone into the enterprise, calendar features will be on the top of the list for improving. Calendaring also plays a big role in Apple’s Mac OS X Server strategy with its open source Calendar Server. [...]

By: Myths of Snow Leopard 8: It’s Just An OS. — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Myths of Snow Leopard 8: It’s Just An OS. — RoughlyDrafted Magazine — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:32:14 +0000

[...] Snow Leopard 4: Exchange is the Only New Feature Apple’s Mobile Me Takes On Exchange, Mobile Mesh Snow Leopard Server Takes on Exchange, SharePoint Cocoa for Windows + Flash Killer = [...]

By: Ten Big New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Ten Big New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard — RoughlyDrafted Magazine — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:30:38 +0000

[...] WWDC 2008: New in Mac OS X Snow Leopard Snow Leopard Server Takes on Exchange, SharePoint [...]

By: Myths of Snow Leopard 3: Mac Sidelined for iPhone — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:09:36 +0000

[...] 2008: New in Mac OS X Snow Leopard Snow Leopard Server Takes on Exchange, SharePoint Apple’s Mobile Me Takes On Exchange, Mobile Mesh AppleInsider | Apple tackles iPhone background [...]

By: The PumaCode.org Blog :: apple going open?

The PumaCode.org Blog :: apple going open? — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:45:30 +0000

[...] “Snow Leopard Server” Mac OS X release, that they have been doing extensive work on open-source Calendar and Contacts servers as well, released under the Apache 2.0 license. The so-called “Exchange killer” of the [...]

By: Apple’s open secret: SproutCore is Cocoa for the Web - Apple.CooOne.Com

Apple’s open secret: SproutCore is Cocoa for the Web - Apple.CooOne.Com — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:28:17 +0000

[...] Until then, Apple is focusing MobileMe as a push messaging alternative to Exchange “for the rest of us,” while also leveraging push support in iPhone 2.0 and in the upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard client apps to deliver an Exchange Server replacement in Snow Leopard Server. [...]

By: hodari

hodari — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:57:25 +0000

Nicky G - Sorry I was the under impression you were refering to existing code base. By the way I have nothing against Apple - I started my career on an Apple IIe writing device drivers in assembler 6502 but it is Microsoft Technologies that made me wealthy!

By: Nicky G

Nicky G — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:31:48 +0000

hodari I think you misunderstood me — I was talking about once 10.6 comes out we might have a solid groupware solution. Our experiences with iCal make it anything but something I’d want to put our clients through.

By: hodari

hodari — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:16:01 +0000

Murrquan - I agree that Apple with OS X has a done a very good job on the desktop. Although having used OS X for almost two years, I recently switched back to VISTA and I am very pleased with it. It is more to with the the platform (.NET Development) than the candy stuff that both apple and Microsoft seem to compete head on.

You state “all the college students are switching to Macs. “. What students?. Could you please provide the stats for us?

Your statement that the larger corporations are “Lazier” is incorrect. Large corporations, do not one day wake up and decide they want to switch. Secondly, to site you an example one of the largest corporation in the world that I have consulted with use Microsoft Platform extensively as well SUN. They awarded the largest contract to SUN $400,000 Million for hardware and services. That does not imply that large corporations do not study other platforms or solutions. They do. But there has to be a solid business justification to switch platform. There was one when they swtiched from NOVEL to Windows F&P Services back in 2005.

Your statement about solutions - well it is not ready made solutions. It is the PLATFORM and the supporting development tools that is fundamental that allows large corporations to build custom solutions.

By: hodari

hodari — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:04:07 +0000

Nicky G you call yourself a VAR ? - I quote you - “Now an Apple VAR like me can come in, set them up with a single Xserve running OD and these basic services, and have them in good shape. ANd trust me, I KNOW that iCal Server in 10.5.x is a JOKE, a BAD joke.” So you actually give your customers a “BAD joke” Eh ? Wow!.