Finambol can't do remote wipe and most of the secure feature BeS can do. But if that's not a requirement: go for it!
Sent from my mobile device On May 21, 2012, at 11:44 PM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > I recommend experimenting with Funambol as an open-source BES replacement: > https://www.forge.funambol.org/DomainHome.html > > Also, OO/Libre Office has come a long way in the last two years. Might be > worth another look :) > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 6:01 PM, sanga collins <[email protected]> > wrote: > gentlemen i can say from experience, open office and libre office are a no go > in corp environment. A couple of years back for my 30 remote sites and 2 corp > offices I run IT for tried to switch everyone over to open office then libre > office because corp didnt want to pay for ridiculous priced office licenses. > Guess what At the end they paid. > > On the other hand Zimbra was a friggin slam dunk sucess. I still have an > exchange server because our company owner insisted on keeping his blackberry > and BES + exchange was the easiest way to support it. but i dont mind a > simple exchange server for the guy who basically signs my pay checks :) > Everyone else has been zimbrafied :) > > I did create a very robust scalable setup so if anyone is interested in doing > the same i can guide you from beginging to end. I can even show you how to > create an activesync environment to support most mobile users (except for > blackberry :) > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > But don't you see that this is the big problem? You want to force users to > change how they work to suit how you develop. (And isn't MS's XML format > published as well? I hesitate to say "open") > > Are you going to convince the standard idiot user who uses Word that they > have to save as ODF? What about the 3000 documents he has on his hard disk > that are in Word (and that open in just about every version of Word since > Word XP [albeit with the Office 2007 addin]) How many ODF documents do you > estimate fly around the web? Same for Latex. > > German => Polish is a bit of a silly example. US English Libre Office can't > open US English Word Document. > > P. > -- > Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events > occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given > credit. > > > > On 15 May 2012 15:24, Okello <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 15 May 2012 13:58:21 Peter C. Ndikuwera wrote: > > My 2p. > > > > Libre Office is ok but you can't say most users won't notice. > > when they complain "word has a problem" they did not noticed the difference. > > > > From what I've seen, a large document with graphics & text boxes and tables > > (i.e. just about every over-20 page document) created in Word is almost > > impossible to open in Libre Office while retaining all the formatting, > > spacing, etc. Even worse, try opening and saving as docx = disaster. > > That something i've seen, even between different word versions. Like opening > with a german word a one line document saved with polish word => windows > freeze. > > There is something called "Open Document Format" standartised and supported by > word AFAIK full. From the history of word it is obvious that Microsoft has no > sentiments toward own formats and change/abandom them as the marketing > departement recommends it. DOCX is AFAIK one of those temporary file formats > that by historical experience can become unsupported with any change of a > word version. > > > I believe Word, > > I believe LaTeX ;-) > > but beside of that it is a question of what is needed in the daily routine. > > Cheers > > Okello > > -- > Separating code and design in websites http://www.uHTML.info > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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