3.5 million already testing next version of Microsoft Exchan
InformationWeek | at | by Mike
You wouldn't know it, but there are already more than 3.5 million people using the next version of Microsoft's e-mail software, Exchange 14.
At this point in the development of Exchange 2007, Microsoft had only 5,000 customers testing the product.
How can that be? Exchange 14 is the first version of Microsoft's e-mail application being jointly developed as both server software and as a service delivered to customers over the Internet. More than 1,500 colleges and universities are testing Exchange 14 for free as part of Microsoft's Live@edu initiative. Private testing of Exchange 14's server version is taking place among a smaller number of businesses and organizations.