Re: Groupware for (hosted) Linux ~Zimbra
I would recommend Google Apps for domains. We have been using it for about 4 months and I have been very pleased with it. Fewer headaches in terms of maintaining the system. Dan French BRSU [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Bjorn Behrendt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just moved my school to Zimbra. I like the interface, it is a full web-based collaboration suite, with calendars, briefcase's (this is your file shareing), tasks, documents (kinda like a light version of google docs), and more.There is an Free OpenSource version or you can pay for a support package. I'd put it on the list to look at. Bjorn Behrendt Proctor School District [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stanley Brinkerhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:07:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Groupware for (hosted) Linux I am helping a good friend of mine review his options for collaboration between tech savvy users that are collaborating on projects over the intarwebs. They have a few objectives: 1. Manage coverage of a physical facility/project (Ie, bill is on from 9-2, sam is on from 1-5-- fairly simple) 2. Manage sales calendars (again, fairly simple -- nothing too complex) 3. Share files between users 4. Have a forum for discussion. Bonus points for a solution that integrates nicely with a Wiki, CRM, etc. They don't have a deticated server of any sort -- just a standard run of the mill hosting package for their existing website. We sat down today and hacked at Joomla and EGroupware, and EGroupware seems to be pretty close to what they need (its ugly and slightly cludgey though). We are no against integrating software packages (the Joomla hackery we did integrated a Google calendar to meet goals 1 and 2) -- but failed horribly at 3, and . well.. at that point we kicked it to the curb. Stan
Re: Groupware for (hosted) Linux ~Zimbra
I'd recommend Gogole Apps as well. I haven't used Zimbra so I can't compare. We've been using Apps since the general release, over a year now. We only have four users at the moment, but the collaboration features in Apps are very nice. On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Dan French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would recommend Google Apps for domains. We have been using it for about 4 months and I have been very pleased with it. Fewer headaches in terms of maintaining the system. Dan French BRSU [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Bjorn Behrendt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just moved my school to Zimbra. I like the interface, it is a full web-based collaboration suite, with calendars, briefcase's (this is your file shareing), tasks, documents (kinda like a light version of google docs), and more.There is an Free OpenSource version or you can pay for a support package. I'd put it on the list to look at. Bjorn Behrendt Proctor School District [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stanley Brinkerhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:07:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Groupware for (hosted) Linux I am helping a good friend of mine review his options for collaboration between tech savvy users that are collaborating on projects over the intarwebs. They have a few objectives: 1. Manage coverage of a physical facility/project (Ie, bill is on from 9-2, sam is on from 1-5-- fairly simple) 2. Manage sales calendars (again, fairly simple -- nothing too complex) 3. Share files between users 4. Have a forum for discussion. Bonus points for a solution that integrates nicely with a Wiki, CRM, etc. They don't have a deticated server of any sort -- just a standard run of the mill hosting package for their existing website. We sat down today and hacked at Joomla and EGroupware, and EGroupware seems to be pretty close to what they need (its ugly and slightly cludgey though). We are no against integrating software packages (the Joomla hackery we did integrated a Google calendar to meet goals 1 and 2) -- but failed horribly at 3, and . well.. at that point we kicked it to the curb. Stan -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
Re: Groupware for (hosted) Linux ~Zimbra
I am pretty sure google doesn't have filesharing, other then it's documents. You might be able to do something with its pages function. You also might want to look at Zoho, it is very similar to google apps, but has a few other options which might be closer to what you are looking for. It doesn't have a briefcase, but you can upload non-office files using the planner. A combonation of Zoho or google apps with Yahoo briefcase (http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc//home) may be a good solution. Bjorn Behrendt Proctor School District [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stanley Brinkerhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Sent: Monday, May 5, 2008 12:12:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Groupware for (hosted) Linux ~Zimbra Does Google offer some sort of document repository? (Besides Word/Excel/Powerpoint documents). On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Bradley Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd recommend Gogole Apps as well. I haven't used Zimbra so I can't compare. We've been using Apps since the general release, over a year now. We only have four users at the moment, but the collaboration features in Apps are very nice. On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Dan French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would recommend Google Apps for domains. We have been using it for about 4 months and I have been very pleased with it. Fewer headaches in terms of maintaining the system. Dan French BRSU [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Bjorn Behrendt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just moved my school to Zimbra. I like the interface, it is a full web-based collaboration suite, with calendars, briefcase's (this is your file shareing), tasks, documents (kinda like a light version of google docs), and more. There is an Free OpenSource version or you can pay for a support package. I'd put it on the list to look at. Bjorn Behrendt Proctor School District [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stanley Brinkerhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:07:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Groupware for (hosted) Linux I am helping a good friend of mine review his options for collaboration between tech savvy users that are collaborating on projects over the intarwebs. They have a few objectives: 1. Manage coverage of a physical facility/project (Ie, bill is on from 9-2, sam is on from 1-5-- fairly simple) 2. Manage sales calendars (again, fairly simple -- nothing too complex) 3. Share files between users 4. Have a forum for discussion. Bonus points for a solution that integrates nicely with a Wiki, CRM, etc. They don't have a deticated server of any sort -- just a standard run of the mill hosting package for their existing website. We sat down today and hacked at Joomla and EGroupware, and EGroupware seems to be pretty close to what they need (its ugly and slightly cludgey though). We are no against integrating software packages (the Joomla hackery we did integrated a Google calendar to meet goals 1 and 2) -- but failed horribly at 3, and . well.. at that point we kicked it to the curb. Stan -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
Re: Groupware for (hosted) Linux ~Zimbra
Yes, Google Docs is part of Google Apps and includes web-based word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software. It's not nearly as fully-featured as its desktop counter-parts - but the collaboration features are the real benefit of using it. There's also Google Sites which is a SharePoint replaced of sorts. On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Stanley Brinkerhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does Google offer some sort of document repository? (Besides Word/Excel/Powerpoint documents). On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Bradley Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd recommend Gogole Apps as well. I haven't used Zimbra so I can't compare. We've been using Apps since the general release, over a year now. We only have four users at the moment, but the collaboration features in Apps are very nice. On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Dan French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would recommend Google Apps for domains. We have been using it for about 4 months and I have been very pleased with it. Fewer headaches in terms of maintaining the system. Dan French BRSU [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Bjorn Behrendt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just moved my school to Zimbra. I like the interface, it is a full web-based collaboration suite, with calendars, briefcase's (this is your file shareing), tasks, documents (kinda like a light version of google docs), and more.There is an Free OpenSource version or you can pay for a support package. I'd put it on the list to look at. Bjorn Behrendt Proctor School District [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stanley Brinkerhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:07:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Groupware for (hosted) Linux I am helping a good friend of mine review his options for collaboration between tech savvy users that are collaborating on projects over the intarwebs. They have a few objectives: 1. Manage coverage of a physical facility/project (Ie, bill is on from 9-2, sam is on from 1-5-- fairly simple) 2. Manage sales calendars (again, fairly simple -- nothing too complex) 3. Share files between users 4. Have a forum for discussion. Bonus points for a solution that integrates nicely with a Wiki, CRM, etc. They don't have a deticated server of any sort -- just a standard run of the mill hosting package for their existing website. We sat down today and hacked at Joomla and EGroupware, and EGroupware seems to be pretty close to what they need (its ugly and slightly cludgey though). We are no against integrating software packages (the Joomla hackery we did integrated a Google calendar to meet goals 1 and 2) -- but failed horribly at 3, and . well.. at that point we kicked it to the curb. Stan -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/ -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
