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This position paper will address the question, “Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty, and doubt?”

TARRYTOWN, NY, November 28, 2006 – Open-Xchange, Inc. has published another position paper in its series on trends in the IT industry. These position papers are written by the well known software analyst, Daniel Kusnetzky, who is now the Executive Vice President, Market Strategy, and Paul Sterne, the CFO of Open-Xchange,Inc. The position paper, “The End of FUD” can be found on the Open-Xchange website OPEN-XCHANGE : The Collaboration and Integration Server Environment

“FUD” - fear, uncertainty, and doubt; is a marketing strategy currently being used by proprietary software companies in an attempt to undermine the open source community and thereby protect their franchises. This paper discusses how two of the guiding principles of the open source movement - transparency and peer review - undermine FUD and shift the debate onto a more objective playing field.

About Open-Xchange Server

Open-Xchange Server 5 offers state-of-the-art functionality and usability at a disruptive and unbeatable price. It works with a broad array of browsers, PDA’s and rich clients. Unique features – such as Documail, the integration of document sharing and email, Smart Links, Smart Permissions, and Universal Access – make it the most productive collaboration tool on the market. Organizations use Open-Xchange Server’s GUI-based administration module featuring Tiered Entitlement to implement role-based user management.

Open-Xchange Server 5 supports the two leading Enterprise Linux distributions, Red Hat and SUSE and is available with the Collax Business Server. Innovative connectors, OXtenders, enhance customer flexibility by using open standard APIs to integrate existing IT infrastructures, or extend capabilities to mobile devices, fax servers, back-up utilities, email archiving tools and Samba administration tools.

Launched in August 2004, Open-Xchange’s open source project is licensed under the General Public License for the software program and the Creative Commons, Attribution, Noncommercial, ShareAlike for the digital content. Open-Xchange Server is ranked #3 out of 358 groupware projects on the freshmeat.net website, #2 in document repositories, #4 in handhelds, and the #149 most popular overall project, out of more than 40,000 listed projects. The Open-Xchange community website, OPEN-XCHANGE™ : The Collaboration and Integration Server Environment, is visited by more than 200,000 unique visitors each month. On average, each month, the community version of Open-Xchange Server is downloaded more than 6,000 times. Open-Xchange Server 5 was awarded Best Open Source Solution at LinuxWorld Expo. The readers of ServerWatch awarded Open-Xchange Server best Messaging and Collaboration Solution.

About Open-Xchange Inc.

Open-Xchange Inc. delivers Smart Collaboration™ by offering reliable and scalable messaging and advanced collaboration solutions. Open-Xchange products provide IT departments with open source alternatives for messaging and advanced collaboration resulting in architectural freedom. Open-Xchange’s unique technology, Smart Collaboration™, has been awarded the LinuxWorld’s Product Excellence Award, ServerWatch’s Product Excellent Award, and InfoWeek’s Server Product of the Year. Open-Xchange Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Tarrytown, NY, with research & development and operations in Olpe and Nuremberg, Germany.