Now that I have looked closer at the install process for Kolab, I have to ask. Does anyone have, or know of, a step-by-step install for RH9 or 7.3. Obviously there are many packages in the /src director for Kolab server that may not be needed, or does Kolab have some "special" requirements for specific releases of those packages? For instance, do I "need" to install apache 1.3.27 or can I use Apache 2 in the RH 9 install?
I noticed some posts in the Kolab forums from people trying to run the install script on RH9 install and they had problems right from the begining, but no follow-up replies to their posts to fix the problem? Kolab appears to be the poster-child example of the worst (or best) way to scare off potential deployments in a corporate environment and to encourage general acceptance. But I am certainly willing to give it a chance, depending on how long and how much effort it takes to get it running. Anyway, just a short rant...I will keep trying tomorow. And since it is Canada Day, and I just watched Fahrenheit 911, I think I will check out the festivities and be thankful I am not living in the United States. No "personal" offence to any members that may be American of course. ------ original message ------ From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed Jun 30 20:36:30 MDT 2004 Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Email, Groupware Server Suggestions -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On June 30, 2004 04:08, Johnny Stork wrote: > I have looked at Kolab and had hoped to go to the recent presentation, but > was in Vancouver, so I dont have much knowledge of this solution. Started > browsing the Kolab/KGroupware sites and was immediately discouraged at the > quality? of documentation and that I had to download the source to get > install docs and other detailed info? there are people who are quite familiar with the process of installing and setting up Kolab around, including here in Calgary. Mandrake 10 comes with Kolab as RPMs, even. Kolab is being used by ISPs and government agencies in South Africa and Europe. there's even a private company using it for email services locally. so while i understand your initial take on it given the Kolab _developer_ websites, it isn't reflective of the general state of KOlab. > Yes I am Linux/Unix/Technology > literate but I dont want to spend all weekend trying to work my way through > a solution. As an example, trying out CommunigatePro took 5 minutes, > download rpm, rpm -ivh CGatepro.rpm, service sendmail stop, service > cgatepro start and go to http://server:8100 to setup accounts. Now thats > the way I like to deploy and test things. And documentaion is available on > site and is very extensive. look at the licensing costs: 50 accounts, 5 mailing lists US$499.00 200 accounts, 15 mailing lists US$999.00 etc... until Unlimited accounts, unlimited lists US$59,999.00 that's just for one server. cluster pricing is astronomical. the anti-virus and anti-spam pricing is even greater! ick. support contracts are additional, too boot. their "groupware" solution (which really isn't quite. shared folders?) is web-only unless you shell out yet more for their MAPI plugin. most people want to use a "real" groupware client, such as Outlook (*groan*) or Kontact. so expect to pay that as well. furthermore, while there are standards-based PLUGINS for things such as LDAP, CommunigatePro does not use those open standards natively. Kolab does, and it provides a nice web front end for it all. Kolab, while not perfect, is well supported, actively developed, 100% Free Software and far, far cheaper even with per-seat support factored in. there is also a new major upgrade for Kolab coming in September. if you can make it to the next CLUG meeting to check out the Kolab presentation, that would be great. Andy and I will be more than happy to show you what Kolab can and cannot do, and even help you with prospective pricing guidelines for installation, support, etc... should any of that be needed. - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 while (!horse()); cart(); -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA43iv1rcusafx20MRAqQQAKCpwlMQKpTpuT2epheKoMydpE1TdgCeIq8D OP5blYjZvXiWwU3fzv3yxXg= =A8ot -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
