Exchange 2003 SP2 - why it matters to many of our SMB customers
I was ignoring the Exchange 2003 SP2 "announcement that's not an announcement" because it's so far away, and many other people were going crazy over it (kind of silly given how far off it is), but towards the bottom of the page, there's a very important point...
Increase in mailbox storage size limits to 75 gigabyte (GB) for Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition in response to customer feedback and evolving mailbox storage needs.
Now, the "BlackBerry killer" stuff is something that one client cares about. But, this one, almost all of our clients care about. 16 GB is not much, but 75 GB is huge. If you have a 75 GB datastore, then paying for Enterprise Edition is justifiable.
This is such a big deal... it's worth waiting for, although jeeze, announcing it now when release is "second half of 2005" is pushing it.