Comments on: Anybody Know Why Michael Arrington Hammered Zimbra? http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/03/28/anybody-know-why-michael-arrington-hammered-zimbra/ because technology is just another ecosystem Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: KevinH http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/03/28/anybody-know-why-michael-arrington-hammered-zimbra/#comment-1823 KevinH Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:00:07 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=782#comment-1823 Hi Bill, We now have Debian binary builds so no need to roll-your-own these days. http://www.zimbra.com/community/downloads.php a) Early versions of Zimbra were a bit hard on system resources. We've provided ways to tune this or disable optional functionality if you choose. b) Similarly in each release client performance is a top priority. Firefox 1.5 has made a huge improvement in the performance of JS code. We've also spent quite a bit of time profiling the code and optimizing for quick run-time performance. In any event feel free to drop us a note on the Zimbra Forums. Lots of folks would be happy to help offer performance tuning advice or answer any questions you may have. http://www.zimbra.com/forums Hi Bill,

We now have Debian binary builds so no need to roll-your-own these days.

http://www.zimbra.com/community/downloads.php

a) Early versions of Zimbra were a bit hard on system resources. We’ve provided ways to tune this or disable optional functionality if you choose.

b) Similarly in each release client performance is a top priority. Firefox 1.5 has made a huge improvement in the performance of JS code. We’ve also spent quite a bit of time profiling the code and optimizing for quick run-time performance.

In any event feel free to drop us a note on the Zimbra Forums. Lots of folks would be happy to help offer performance tuning advice or answer any questions you may have.

http://www.zimbra.com/forums

]]> By: Bill de hOra http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/03/28/anybody-know-why-michael-arrington-hammered-zimbra/#comment-1822 Bill de hOra Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:24:32 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=782#comment-1822 We had problems building it on our preferred environment (debian) as opposed to fedora/rh (yes, we care about that sort of thing), followed by more pertinent issues: a) resource hungry on the server and we were exactly hammering it. b) when you tabbed out the page, tabbing back was achingly slow, both ie and firefox (perhaps something to do all that js getting paged back in) Personally I'm wait and see on zimbra in the sense that it or something like it is inevitable and specifically I like the UI. A lot. But it's damn slow compared to a client side mua. We had problems building it on our preferred environment (debian) as opposed to fedora/rh (yes, we care about that sort of thing), followed by more pertinent issues:

a) resource hungry on the server and we were exactly hammering it.

b) when you tabbed out the page, tabbing back was achingly slow, both ie and firefox (perhaps something to do all that js getting paged back in)

Personally I’m wait and see on zimbra in the sense that it or something like it is inevitable and specifically I like the UI. A lot. But it’s damn slow compared to a client side mua.

]]> By: KevinH http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/03/28/anybody-know-why-michael-arrington-hammered-zimbra/#comment-1821 KevinH Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:42:34 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=782#comment-1821 Matt, IMAP and iCal is absolutely included in the OSS Edition of Zimbra. iSync(two-way calendar sync for Mac) however is currently available for Network Edition subscribers only. For a full list of features see: http://zimbra.com/pdf/Zimbra%20Collaboration%20Suite%20Feature%20List.pdf Matt,

IMAP and iCal is absolutely included in the OSS Edition of Zimbra. iSync(two-way calendar sync for Mac) however is currently available for Network Edition subscribers only. For a full list of features see:

http://zimbra.com/pdf/Zimbra%20Collaboration%20Suite%20Feature%20List.pdf

]]> By: Matt Raible http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/03/28/anybody-know-why-michael-arrington-hammered-zimbra/#comment-1820 Matt Raible Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:00:07 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=782#comment-1820 I tried Zimbra for a few weeks and found it to be excellent. I used the webmail from home, and IMAP while at the office. I was able to synch from iCal to its Calendar using iSynch and everything worked w/o a hitch. Unfortunately, we found that the fancy features (IMAP, Calendar synching) were not available in the free version, so we decided not to use it. I tried Zimbra for a few weeks and found it to be excellent. I used the webmail from home, and IMAP while at the office. I was able to synch from iCal to its Calendar using iSynch and everything worked w/o a hitch. Unfortunately, we found that the fancy features (IMAP, Calendar synching) were not available in the free version, so we decided not to use it.

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