Dave Johnson on open web technologies, social software and software development https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/feed/entries/atom 2026-04-28T07:02:22+00:00 Apache Roller https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/iphone_vs_ms_exchange Dave Johnson 2007-06-20T10:17:41+00:00 2007-06-20T17:19:59+00:00 <blockquote><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118221943189139997.html?mod=hpp_us_editors_picks">Wall Street Journal</a> on the iPhone: &quot;Incompatible technology has become an increasing problem for businesses as hand-held email and phone devices are evolving into minicomputers that can do such things as download music, take pictures and surf the Web.&quot;</p></blockquote><p>Surprise surprise. Incompatible technology is a problem for people who choose non-standard crap like Exchange.</p><blockquote><p><a href="http://daringfireball.net/2007/06/exchange_exchange">John Gruber</a> responds: Apple’s answer to the enterprise “problem” isn’t to kowtow to the Microsoft Exchange hegemony; it’s to point in the opposite direction, and show how much better things can be with open industry protocols like IMAP and <a href="http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/icalserver.html">CalDAV</a> and with simple web-based solutions. </p><p>Like many successful revolutions, this one might come from the bottom.</p></blockquote><p>Viva la revolucion!&nbsp;</p><p>Via <a href="http://rc3.org/2007/06/the_iphone_and.php">Rafe Colburn</a> and <a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/20/0640217&amp;from=rss">Slashdot</a>.&nbsp;</p>