I only just now got to the point where I have been authorized get a ZCS Network Edition licence after 18+ months with the Community Edition.
The upcoming Blackberry connector was a major selling point.
Now I started to look into implementation and it seems we would need to have a Windows server to run BES. The Blackberries would connect to the Windows box that runs BES, which would in turn talk to the ZCS NE server that's running CentOS.
Seems messy. I, too would much prefer running one Linux box with ZCS NE and BES on it, or perhaps two Linux boxes. Anything but having to introduce a Windows server.
I also found out that apparently ZCS NE isn't officially supported on CentOS, only on "real" RHEL. Another hurdle.
Seems the status quo today to get Blackberry functionality is that one needs to buy a ZCS CE licence, buy a RHEL licence and a Windows server licence and buy BES.
I think we'll end up staying on community edition and wait until Zimbra officially recognize CentOS as a supported platform and I can get Blackberry functionality without needing a Windows server licence.  |