I hate to be the voice for closed source (let alone Microsoft) in this instance, but as an Outlook user I have to point out that there are business uses for Outlook that draw on functionality I have yet to find in a single FLOSS product. That being said, for most people (and most uses - e.g. e-mail, simple Calendaring, some Task management) a drop-in replacement like Evolution are enough. But if you ever need to migrate your custom forms, Outlook workflow management methodologies or Public Folders from an Outlook/Exchange environment, it changes into a much bigger, uglier proposition.
Now if they had never _started_ with Outlook/Exchange... ;-) Curtis. -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: July 10, 2003 9:17 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Open Groupware Looks promising, but still requires you to jump through hoops to get Outlook running. Hopefully with time it will improve (or the most of the general public moves away from Outlook).... Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Clement [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: (clug-talk) Open Groupware The topic of groupware servers came up last meeting and I found this package: http://www.opengroupware.org/en/users/faq/index.html Sounds like speaks to outlook, evolution, mozilla and does scheduling, contacts, email, etc. Also has a web based interface for it. Even sounds like there is a Knoppix version coming out that has this on it. Jeff
