Hi Sameer, On 09/04/2009 04:52 PM, sameer shinde wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM, scrapo<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I believe, microsoft exchange has implemented outlook web / webservice >> that gives the entire outlook function in a browser if you do not want >> to install a separate outlook client software. That may change your >> requirements if you are moving to Linux OS >> > No I'm not moving to Linux OS as I'm very well using Vista& Ubuntu 8.04
Like Shakhti pointed out, Ubuntu is a Linux OS. Linux refers to the kernel. There are different companies and organizations that take the kernel and some Free and open source applications (such as desktops, mail clients, browsers, multi-media players ..etc) and package it all together into what we call distributions. Ubuntu is one such distribution, packaged and distributed by a company named canonical. > but while comparing the copyrighted software angaint the Opensource > alternatives > it always gives a ques mark in my mind about MS Outlook! Maybe if you tell us, exactly what functionality you need, we might be able to help you out better. When migrating between OSes it is often useful to approach the problems with the mindset of finding the 'correct' solution, rather that the equivalent one. For example, on linux, securing the system means a very different thing than on Windows. On Windows, one of the most important steps of securing a system is installing an anti-virus package. However, doing that on linux does not make much sense. Anti-virus packages that runs on linux do not exist for the same reason as for windows. So, if you ask, "what are the available anti-virus packages on Linux ?", you will get answers, but that won't really get you too far with the task of securing your system. So, to summarize, tell us what you are trying to achieve and we might be able to help you better. BTW, in a different mail you mentioned ... > I'm not even bothering about which email server one is using as I've worked > on MS exchange as well as Zimbra. Well, Zimbra is not just a mail server, in the same way that Outlook is not just a mail client. Zimbra comes with a server and a client which support all sorts of PIM tasks such as email, calendering, scheduling ..etc I don't use KDE much, but i think you might also be interested in evaluating the KDE PIM suite. ...and lastly, when looking "from the system manager's view", it is important to at least have some basic idea of the technologies you are interested in to make the correct choice which works for you. cheers, - steve -- random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ tech randomness: http://lonehacks.blogspot.com/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
