Microsoft formally announces "Istanbul"
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I saw Istanbul back in June, but was under NDA so couldn't comment on it. Microsoft is taking their typical approach of having a sexy front end, with a slightly dodgy, not hugely scalable back end to go after customers. Where as Lotus has taken the approach of lets build a scalable, functional back end and keeping the client as basic as can be. Would be great if a company delivered both!
Although Istanbul had some nice features, there were a couple fo things I didn't like about it.
1. Still no support for public groups, this is a key requirement for most corporations in an enterprise IM product.
2. It looked like you could only log on as a single user at once, also tied heavily into the OS. I know this is a feature I find useful more than most end users, but often I need to login as multiple people for test etc.
It will be interesting to see if this helps Live Communications Server better it's traction
I saw Istanbul back in June, but was under NDA so couldn't comment on it. Microsoft is taking their typical approach of having a sexy front end, with a slightly dodgy, not hugely scalable back end to go after customers. Where as Lotus has taken the approach of lets build a scalable, functional back end and keeping the client as basic as can be. Would be great if a company delivered both!
Although Istanbul had some nice features, there were a couple fo things I didn't like about it.
1. Still no support for public groups, this is a key requirement for most corporations in an enterprise IM product.
2. It looked like you could only log on as a single user at once, also tied heavily into the OS. I know this is a feature I find useful more than most end users, but often I need to login as multiple people for test etc.
It will be interesting to see if this helps Live Communications Server better it's traction
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Posted by Greg Walrath At 12:32:02 PM On 10/19/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by Carl At 01:04:54 PM On 10/19/2004 | - Website - |
We should have a new game, 'build that enterprise app', similar to 'Name That Tune'.
Greg: Carl, I can build that enterprise app in . . . two servers!
Carl: Go ahead, Greg.
Greg: One server to host Sametime, another to host Domino and LDAP. If it's a smaller company, I could even do that on one server, and Bob's your uncle!!
Carl: Excellent - you win the toaster oven!
Posted by Greg Walrath At 01:57:18 PM On 10/19/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by Greg Walrath At 01:58:30 PM On 10/19/2004 | - Website - |
"Still no support for public groups, this is a key requirement for most corporations in an enterprise IM product"
Not sure what you mean with this. I assume you must know that through the LCS 2005 Connectivity Pack controlled connection to AOL/Yahoo and MSN are supported.
Posted by Peter At 01:29:31 PM On 10/23/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by Carl At 03:02:14 PM On 10/23/2004 | - Website - |