Another open source product to watch out for is Evolution for Windows
which I hear maybe available in alpha or beta form sometime this
Spring.  

-jamin

On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 12:36 -0600, Ed Howland wrote:

> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/23/140219&tid=154
> 
> Note, we've discussed this before a few times.
> 
> Essentially, Lightning is a combo of ThunderBird (email) and Sunbird 
> (calendering). But there are enough problems with the two separate 
> products at present, it might be sometime before Outlook's perch is 
> threatened.
> 
> To be really effective, it is the duo of Outlook+Exchange that need to 
> be addressed with FLOSS. Posters on /. wanted:
> 
> Outlook + FLOSS Exchange killer
> Lightning + Exchange
> Lightning + FLOSS Exchange killer
> 
> For different scenarios, e.g Outlook bests Lightning currently, Exchange 
> would be hard to migrate off of and the combined feature set of a 
> groupware client with a solid server(s). The utility of Outlook and 
> Exchange is must have for many users.
> 
> Since no good combination exists, many ent. will stick with 
> Outlook+Exchange.   :<
> 
> Note: I forgo the advanced features and run Thnderbird with Exchange on 
> my laptop (linux.) Exchange is a full IMAP server. Some notes on 
> connecting it to Horde
> http://www.stladvlug.org/cgi/wiki.pl?InstallHordeWebMailServerWithExchange
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
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