Re: Thunderbird

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith Carpenter wrote:
> Joe Pluta wrote:
>   
> > I run my mail on a VMWare appliance that I built myself.  It was 
> > actually a pretty interesting process.  And now, I can back up my mail 
> > server by just copying the VMWare instance (although as David Gibbs 
> > pointed out to me, it's still a good idea to back up the mail as well, 
> > because that way if the VMWare backup instance gets corrupted, you still 
> > have mail).
> >     
>
> Your prior posts got me interested in virtualization and appliances.
> While VMWare is probably the most popular, I been looking at Xen
> http://www.xen.org/
>   

There are some compelling arguments for using VMWare (stability and 
reputation being two), but once my entire environment is stabilized (and 
man is it going to be cool <grin>), then I will begin researching other 
options.  The idea of an open source hypervisor for my open source 
software has a lot of obvious appeal.

I'll tell you this: with the exception of a couple of things (RDi being 
the particular thorn), I'm very close to being able to go to an entirely 
non-Microsoft desktop environment.  I realize I'm being a bit of a 
heretic by moving to open source before getting rid of Windows, but it's 
a reasonable migration path and one I would suggest for any companies 
looking to get out from under Microsoft's oppressive licensing and 
privacy practices.

Joe