new yahoo acquisition

[mann3r]

yahoo announced a new acquisition Zimbra, a leader in next generation e-mail and collaboration software.
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/p...leaseID=264388

[jugroo]

yeah i read that news its really great

[dueces]

So there are three big Open Source Groupware/Email Collaboration Suites
Zimbra
Scalix
Open Xchange

Scalix, went bankrupt and was boughtout a few months back. I dont think they have much of a product anymore. And are MIA lately.

Open-Xchange is still going. They released a new product a couple months back with a sweet ajax interface. I think they are top 5 in freshmeat now. Anybody into opensource this is a must try.

Zimbra they had some cool releases but with Yahoo taking over, I think this pretty much kills zimbra and opens the way for OX.

Anything but MS Exchange works for me but I would have liked to see more competition in this field.

[thewindmaster]

Seems like all the SEs are wanting to get into software too.

[dueces]

yes looks like software as a service is the latest thing. Open Xchange had a deal with 1&1 to provide all there users their software instead of the old webmail. I guess this is the next sector thats heating up!

[usasportstraining]

Originally Posted by thewindmaster

Seems like all the SEs are wanting to get into software too.

Yep, Google is really jumping into the fray. Here's an article just published: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070917/230811.shtml

[RoyalSeo]

Great, seems like we will be hearing more from Google in and against the response.

[zexy]

That's great!
Are they trying to improve Yahoo mail or it has nothing to do with it?