Computerworld: Webmail Leaves Windows for Open-Source Platform | Linux Today

Computerworld: Webmail Leaves Windows for Open-Source Platform

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 2004

[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]

“Webmail.us, which provides hosted e-mail service for small and
medium-size businesses, will announce next week a raft of
improvements to its service, including a major migration of its
core e-mail platform from Microsoft Corp. Windows to an open-source
platform.

“Webmail.us, whose outsourced e-mail service is aimed at
companies that have between five and 500 employees, adopted
open-source software to gain scalability, said Patrick Matthews,
co-founder and CEO of Webmail.us and parent company Excedent
Technologies Inc. in Blacksburg, Va…”


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