Interesting. Assuming MS do buy Yahoo, there are two different problems.
Problem one; Will existing users be pushed in the direction of Exchange?
Inevitable. MS aren't going to devote resources to development of two competing systems. Their track record of buying up and killing competition goes back to almost their beginning. They will tear out all the good stuff and add it to Exchange, then spit out the shell. This will take a couple of years.
Problem two; Will new users be prepared to take up Zimbra?
No. With such a big question mark over its future, corporate users won't touch it with a bargepole.
Unfortunately this will only serve to 'justify' the eventual discontinuation of any work on Zimbra. The final words you'll hear from MS will be 'Well, we were quite prepared to carry on supporting it, but nobody wants it'.
The equation is simple. If MS buy Yahoo, Zimbra is doomed. Not that I'd expect you to give what I say any special value, but having canvassed a few impartial IT opinions, no other end result makes any sense.
Tough, this business thing, isn't it?  |