If you want to do everything exchange does, without the exchange bit, Zimbra is a good alternative. Inexpensive by comparrison and excellent support. There is also the Open Source edition if you don't want enterprise stuff like Activesync.

Cool, after some research it sounds like there is hope yet. I think a rift solution would be far easier for me to achieve as I really have a hard time with repetitive boring tasks. Repitive entertaining tasks (ie Tetris) seem to not pose the same issue.

Justification for a Rift purchase found, now to fund it and get on the development learning curve!

This. Over the years my depth perception has dropped off, if there was some way I could fix it then I would be a very happy individual. I think I found my justification for a rift dev kit (hopefully once they get past the kick starter they'll still sell the kits).

Surgery tends to only be really succesful when under 5 years of age. I had mine when I was 6/7 and cosmetically it's a lot better, however I struggle with depth perception constantly. Something which has gotten worse as I've gotten older. I guess it depends on the person and the severity.

It's garbage even when Talking to an exchange server. It's rather telling when a 3rd party plugin (Zimbra Connector for Outlook) makes Outlook behave better than using exchange directly.

They seem to be suffering from a massive influx of users. It seems to be getting better stability wise since I first started using it. It also has an original view, which is awesome for sites that annoyingly just put a link to the content, rather than the content on the feed.Three Months to Scale NewsBlur

It's also OSS if you wish to host it yourself, you can find it here.

Disparity in wealth is a 'Good Thing'. I always pondered if it was the case, but Paul Graham wrote a particularly insightful essay about it. Article here.

Considering BES 10 doesn't support Legacy devices and this is corporates we're speaking about, 'only' probably is the wrong word to be using here.

There are great alternatives for Groupware. However people don't actually want exchange, they want outlook. It's a tool they are familiar with and have built up years of workflow around it. It's horrible, unstable, ugly, but people cling to it. It's a safety blanket.

I reckon the current version of Zimbra is looking to be quite a suitable replacement and it's built using OSS products. There are paid for enterprise versions, which get you things like ActiveSync (presumably they have to pay MS for a license to use that), but it's pocket change compared to a full blown exchange implementation. The administration has a decent easy to use CLI and the web admin side of things is really comprehensive. No more pulling up emc to do one bit, then powerhell, then webmail and finally the last bit in Outlook.

Moving back on topic, Samba 4 should mean that things that absolutely have to talk LDAP in MS's broken way will mean absolutely no need for a windows box on your network

I had a 21" Sun CRT . During a clean a shed clean out that my friend was helping me with and I said "Be careful, that things fricken heavy, I'll move it if you want", he insisted he'd be right. He went to pick it up like a normal CRT, safe to say he put it down and then picked up with a lot more knee bending and exclaiming "F*** me that thing is heavy!".

I used it as a TV on one of my early Mythbox setups for a while, but it bent the desk it was sitting on, so I ended up buying an LCD.

I know some female friends that get migraines and are prescribed viagra to control them. So it would seem this has been thought of.

It's just the horrible way it was built, they are just tiffs and you can get them manually. However there are a couple of plugins that solve the problem. Firefox Addon and Chrome Addon

Yep, my wifes VW New Beetle ate my 10mm socket last time I changed the battery. It disappeared into the engine bay, never to be seen again!

Well they already have loops of cables behind servers to ensure that no one could have a possible advantage. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-11/kohler-high-frequency-trade-parasites-at-heart-of-asx/3943052

Anyone with a mind set in reality will understand how didiculous that is!

With have a subsidised/protected automotive industry. All it does is artificially inflate prices. GM/Ford still come crying to the government for handouts every few years.