Re: Linux in a School envrionment

["Scott Van Singel" <svansingel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We have the Netscape email server in place now. (Iplanet) and from what I can
> tell, Iplanet and SUN have alligend together for these products. When AOL bought
> Netscape (I was upset to hear that Netscape was bought by AOL) they joined with
> SUN and now SUN suppports this system. From what I have read so far, this
> software supports Email, Calendar, file sharing, and instant messaging.

I was wondering if anyone has had some experience with this product. I looked on
Iplanet and SUN's web site and they have a fully enterprise software that inter
grades with the Netscape browser.
We might stay with Netscape and purchase the latest calendar and then some tech
support to get this software running.
OK, now I found out that the calendar does not work on Linux but Sun Salarios and
NT systems. This is really frustrating.
I want to incorporate Linux in this school but, you can not find good answers or a
company that has a good product with support in the Linux field.

I am put in a corner that I might have to go with the Outlook solution.
If anyone has a better solution please let me know.

Thanks for all you help !!!


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Scott Van Singel
Technology Director
Sturgis Public Schools
216 Vinewood
Sturgis, MI. 49091
Office: (616) 659-1512
Fax: (616) 651-1571
Email: svansingel@sturgis.k12.mi.us