That is because Outlook is not part of an office suite, or a productivity
suite. Outlook don't produce files in the sense the rest of the suite do
(arguably), the interface in itself looks very different from what the
rest do.
Outlook is also a link in a stack, most people don't really mean email
with Outlook but they will demand calendaring, contact list integration,
even VoIP that is able to either sync with a backoffice or with their
favorite PDA/Phone.
So when companies view outlook they really mean the stack. Reproducing
that stack will be beyond OOo's resources starting with the lack of Phone
manufacturer support, or intense resources to develop a backoffice from
scratch. There are some efforts toward integrating that either by open
source proyects like citadel or even commercial houses like Zimbra,
There are also efforts to bring full PIM support to windows like Evolution
migration to Windows (death project) or the Kontact port to windows by
theKompany.
You can even consider Google as a viable solution for the small medium
enterprise which services such as Google Calendar integration with Mozilla
Sunbird or Google Docs & spreadsheet.
The point of ODF breaks with outlook since open standards such as mbox,
ical, vcard, to store all this 'files' from outlook, outlook itself will
wrap it into a proprietary format called PST or OXT for the backoffice
bits.
So looking for an outlook replacement is not only having an email client,
you are talking at a whole mega-solution that runs completely proprietary.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:55:17 -0500, Marc O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Alexandro Colorado wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:23:37 -0500, Jef Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I appreciate the idea and functionality of OpneOffice.org very much.
However to replace a most dominant office suite provider, i have no
alternative for its outlook mail. Moreover, i loose my mail
archive/boxes and address book.
Is here something for OOo to entertain?
Thank you very much and success for an open world!
JB
U are talking like there was no other email client in the landscape of
technology. Just because you are locked up in a proprietary mail client
doesn't mean you can't just switch to a free alternative like
Thunderbird, Seamonkey, Claws or million of other email clients.
Microsoft is far from inventing email, and so is far from inventing
email clients. So why you are sounding like there was no email client
beside outlook.
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IMHO, there are two primary reasons for the lack of corporate OO
adoption. The OO suite has matured nicely and we will be seeing growth
in corporate adoption accelerate rapidly. However, this is also due to
the maturing of other core solutions like email, project management and
calendaring. I am a recent convert to Thunderbird/Lightning and have
not missed a beat.... However, this is the second attempt at ousting
Outlook and the first was obviously not successful. It is more
difficult introducing OO into the corporate market without a full
complement of "replacements". That has been a problem that is being
rectified nicely with the current releases. The other consideration is
compatibility, which is why the ODF movement is so important. This is
essential as a 99% inter-operable solution means one out of every 100
(documents, spreadsheets, presentations or projects) is not read by the
CEO. If that occurs on an important file.....IT folks will be running
for cover.....doesn't sound good but that is reality. The community is
doing a nice job with promotion now and with 450k hits to the OOo site
each week we will be seeing much more corporate penetration.
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