When you think of MIT, you think of techies who are open source enthusiasts, with Unix\u00a0 and open source systems being the backbone of campus communication\u00a0 historically.\u00a0 It may come as a surprise that the pragmatic staff that manages MIT’s e-mail systems have opted recently to Microsoft Exchange for hosted e-mail.\u00a0 This is another sign that Microsoft Exchange and other Microsoft products are holding their own where it matters.
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\nHere is what MIT’s Campus newspaper has to a say about MIT’s move to Microsoft Exchange based e-mail:<\/p>\n
“Christine C. Fitzgerald, a spokesperson for IS&T, said, \u201cWe are running Exchange servers in order to offer Microsoft Exchange. This is an optional infrastructure solution for those departments who will benefit from an integrated e-mail and calendaring solution.<\/p>\n
Fitzgerald said that the mail system ultimately \u201cgets to the point where upgrading the hardware is not enough to keep current. We\u2019re trying to keep our systems current to give MIT the ability to then integrate new services into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there are students who have do not like the change, there are others who already use Microsoft Exchange and said that they were happy with the transition of to the new system.<\/p>\n
One student who favors Microsoft Exchange, says:<\/p>\n
\u201cI use Exchange because all my stuff \u2014 calendar, tasks, contacts \u2014 are seamlessly synchronized between my desktop client, my phone, and a web client.\u00a0 Spam isn\u2019t an issue.\u00a0 Over the last month, maybe I\u2019ve had one or two e-mails slip by the filter, but it\u2019s pretty solid.\u00a0\u00a0 Also, server-side rules are wonderful in Exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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