[Andy from Zimbra]

Originally Posted by ivo_toshev

Hello everyone,
First - i am pretty sure that more than a month ago, when this forum was with just a couple of messages, it was nothing about a commercial version and i'm sure there was a message which says that Outlook MAPI connector will be open source and free too.

Then i didnt believed about that, now i am right.
But thats OK for license fee.

Thanks for the comments, and the criteria for a good Outlook connector. To clear up one specific question: dating back to more than 2 months ago (basically the beginning of the history of these Forums), we stated that the Outlook connector would not be open-sourced. If you search the Forums, you'll find a number of postings & discussions to this effect dating from the first half of September onwards. Here's one early such example that I'm aware of: Cool, but did I miss something?

Originally Posted by ivo_toshev

And one question:
It will be possible to buy licenses for one year - and to use them for the next years, but without support ?
Or it will be like MS software insurance ?

The Network Edition (including the Outlook Connector) is an annual subscription which includes not just Support and updates/upgrades, but also the 'right-to-use' the software. So when the term of the subscription lapses, it will need to be renewed, or else the right-to-use also expires with it. Thanks again for the feedback.