On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:57:38 -0400 "David F. Skoll" <d...@roaringpenguin.com> wrote:
David> 1) Gmail is actually pretty good at filtering spam. I can't David> speak for MSFT since I don't use it. David> 2) Especially in North America, companies are short-sighted and David> go for quick fixes and things that look cheap up-front without David> considering the long-term costs. David> 3) Especially in North America, people don't see the value in David> learning technology. They want simple, spoon-fed solutions and David> they love the word "oursourcing". Sorry if (2) and (3) are not David> PC, but the slag against North Americans is based on my personal David> experience. :) And hey, I'm Canadian so I can dis my own crowd... David> 4) Most non-technical small businesses equate "Mail Server" with David> "Microsoft Exchange", and Microsoft has steadily been making David> Exchange more and more of a PITA to administer. Each new version David> of Exchange breaks things and requires learning new procedures. David> Combine that with (3) and we see that MSFT is using on-premise David> Exchange as a trojan horse to get people on O-365. The huge pool David> of "managed service providers" that recommend MSFT solutions is David> by-and-large staffed by incompetents who are only too happy to David> shove their customers onto O-365 and collect kickbacks every David> month. Good summary, but I think you forgot (5): They have prettier icons. I am not 100% kidding, either. -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages.
