I am helping a small company in Southern Minnesota to build an e-mail server. One of the problems that everyone is facing now is tight budget for the IT department. Recently we deployed a brand new DC which ate most (if not all) of the budget for this fiscal year.
I am looking for some advices on Exchange Server 2007 vs. Linux Mail Server (either Ubuntu or Fedora Red Hat).
I would like to hear what are the pros. and cons. in both situations.
I realize the fact where we talk about money spent for software (Exchange) vs. money spent for support (Linux). I think that if we can make the right pitch to the management team and support either idea (Windows Exchange vs. Linux) with good well supported statements we can make the right choice.
The company consists of 25 to 30 employees that work in the local office, and another 30 employees that will access the mail system from remote sites through web access.
