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Comment: Maybe not Zimbra (Score 5, Informative) 554

by jra (#37014490) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Self-Hosted Gmail Alternatives?

I've run Zimbra for 3 years now, back to 5.0.9, which I installed for my then employer. The architectural people there have taken, right along, an attitude that I can characterize only as "RFCs? Who cares about those?"

It doesn't handle fixed-pitch well; its editor won't re-wrap (though they might have finally fixed that in 7), it doesn't uknow from RFC 2369 -- in fact, it handles mailing lists poorly in general; notably, you can't change the Reply-To in any way when replying, if you generally want HTML off (as I do), the only way to turn it on is to dive into the Preferences and switch it, then reload; same turning off...

Check for bugs filed on their bugzilla by jra@baylink.com if you want a full list of the ignominy. But in general, I would say: evaluate it pretty thoroughly to see if you can deal with its crap before deploying.

It's *very* pretty. I just don't know if it's worth the trouble.

Comment: FWIW (Score 1) 467

by jra (#36722070) Attached to: When Software Offends

I don't have a problem with a developer deciding to use names like this for a package, if they want to stick their neck out.

The point here, is apparently that *the developer* wasn't sticking their neck out; someone else did it *for them*. *That*, I have a problem with.

So, y'all people shooting at the name itself? That's a strawman; please look at what's actually offensive here.

Comment: Fiberglas (Score 2) 247

by jra (#36701966) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Safely Saw Up Motherboards?

Or things even worse. You can do this, but you're going to need pretty hefty realtime dust collection; I suppose it's possible that a Rainbow water-curtain vac might be enough, but I'm not sure.

I'll bet someone else will be sure. :-)

And I'm not sure if you can finish off the cut edge of a board to a point where it won't unravel -- or at least, how you would do so.

People *do* do this: I have a favorite notebook whose covers are circuit boards. But it's non-trivial.

Comment: Press Site (Score 3, Insightful) 105

by jra (#36690310) Attached to: CmdrTaco at Kennedy Space Center

I was there, for the STS-132 Tweetup, and it is absolutely incredible.

Nearly 2700 press were badged for this launch; the record was 2707 for STS-1, and they might find they've beaten it when all is said and done.

Shame the press paid no attention to the 100 or so in the middle; perhaps the public would have raised more fuss with its legislators about NASA's miserable budget.

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