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Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by Nextgrid on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:28PM (#22058853)
I see a big gap in the market when it comes to self-hosted Office 365 or G Suite alternatives. Microsoft Exchange is a beast both in terms of complexity as well as licensing cost, and I think most small/medium orgs don't actually need the complexity which is why they're going towards G Suite which is a less complex product to manage.

I can see them succeeding with an open-core enterprise e-mail & calendar solution where the base features are free to use and an enterprise version with extra features, like the Gitlab model with self-hosting as the key selling point.

Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by thrower123 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:34PM (#22059562)
If this was easy to do, Office 365 and GSuite wouldn't have a lock on the market.

IBM can't even be bothered to try anymore - they sold off the carcass of Lotus a while back.

Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by tracker1 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @06:44PM (#22060137)
Which is partly why Mozilla is in a better position than most, being mainly tech and open-source at their heart. They are making enough off of search that they could create a product then sell/saas it themselves.