Ian Lynch wrote:
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 09:25 -0600, Randomthots wrote:
The problem is I don't know a good name for the category of sw that's a
calendar/pim/email such as Outlook or the old Lotus Organizer.
There are apps that work to do the same job. They just don't happen to
be all sipplied by one manufacturer in one package. If you install a
Linux distro like Mandriva you get it all installed together though and
choices of the combinations you wnat to use.
I like the K-Office apps. Kontact is a lot like Outlook in the way it
integrates the calendar/pim/email stuff. Unfortunately, I don't know of
any cross-platform apps like that, which I believe is very important for
migration. I know that for myself being able to use Mozilla and OOo on
both platforms makes things a lot easier.
The backend server stuff is important, but it doesn't necessarily need
to have the OOo name on it. But even for just one guy on one computer,
Outlook offers more functionality and ease-of-use than Evolution,
depending on what your needs are.
Exactly, depending on what your needs are. I have no particular need for
anything beyond what Evolution provides so I'm not at all worried that
it has no calendar etc. OOo has limited resources. It can not do
everything. A collaborative project with Novell to better integrate
Evolution with OOo might be a possibility but I don;t think OOo should
be in the business of re-inventing the E-mail/PIM/Calendar wheel.
I appreciate that you are willing to acknowledge that it depends on your
individual needs. Sometimes it seems like too many people are of the
attitude that if it's good enough for me it should be good enough for
everybody. That's just not true.
--
Rod
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