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Scalix Joins Open Source Development Labs

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, announced that Scalix Corporation, provider of the industry's most powerful Linux e-mail and calendaring platform, has joined OSDL and will participate in the Lab's Data Center Linux and Desktop Linux working groups.

Scalix's Linux e-mail server supports shared calendaring and advanced e-mail features, delivering desktop-grade productivity to users running Outlook and/or popular browsers such as Mozilla, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Scalix's messaging server can run side-by-side with both mainstream proprietary systems, such as Microsoft Exchange, and open source applications, bridging the two worlds and integrating with a company's existing IT infrastructure.

"Email has always played an important role in helping drive the adoption of new platforms, making it an important 'killer app' for Linux," said Julie Hanna Farris, founder and chief strategy officer of Scalix. "We believe the experience and expertise we have gained deploying Scalix in complex enterprise environments will benefit the work of the Lab's Data Center and Desktop Linux working groups. We look forward to working with OSDL and to helping them lead the adoption of Linux in the enterprise."

Technology market research firm The Radicati Group, predicts that the market share for Linux-based messaging will increase by 75 percent between 2004 and 2008. Over the same period, the firm predicts that that market share for Microsoft Exchange will increase by only 6 percent.

"We welcome the work of ISVs such as Scalix that are delivering critical solutions like e-mail and calendaring to customers who want to run their business on Linux," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. "The rise of Linux as the fastest-growing enterprise OS is partially due to strong commercial ISV support and innovation from Lab members such as Scalix."