Re: [otlkcon-devel] Outlook Live
Right, thanks for the correction. Larry Velez wrote: How do you think Microsoft will distribute this connector and can the same technique be used for otlcon? You mean reverse-engineering the line protocol? It probably could be done very easily if the line is clear text and Microsoft doesn't take steps to prevent this ( eg. regular 'updates' to the client ). I'll have to wait till I can get my hands on a copy. - Kervin --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel
Re: [otlkcon-devel] Outlook Live
On Jan 21, 2005, at 0:27, Kervin L. Pierre wrote: Outlook Live, from here seems like yet another Outlook connector from Microsoft. HotMail always came with a HTTPmail storage provider. I suppose it would be trivial for Microsoft to extend that to calendaring/contacts. Successful completion of OpenConnector would allow any ISP to offer this very same service to their users. And at *a lot* cheaper than $60/month/user I'm sure. This is $60 per *year* per user. Being cheaper than that ($5/month) is probably only viable for very few ISP's with a LOT of customers. Greets, Helge -- http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/helge/ OpenGroupware.org --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel
Re: [otlkcon-devel] Outlook Live
Larry Velez wrote: Hi all, Hello Larry, I have been following this list for a while and until now it was pretty much silent. I'm glad to see some life come back into it. I just read an article about Microsoft's latest messaging endeavor - Outlook Live: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/01/20/microsoft_ to_sell_outlook_e_mail_program/ Outlook live does not affect us at all. In fact, it will probably just further validate the "hosted Outlook" market. Outlook Live, from here seems like yet another Outlook connector from Microsoft. This time, their connect to the same system hotmail runs off. Successful completion of OpenConnector would allow any ISP to offer this very same service to their users. And at *a lot* cheaper than $60/month/user I'm sure. I don't have a copy of Outlook Live, but this is what it seems like from their discription. - Kervin --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel
[otlkcon-devel] Outlook Live
Hi all, I have been following this list for a while and until now it was pretty much silent. I'm glad to see some life come back into it. I just read an article about Microsoft's latest messaging endeavor - Outlook Live: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/01/20/microsoft_ to_sell_outlook_e_mail_program/ I have been seeing the trend towards the value proposition being at the service level rather than at the server/desktop/OS/application level for a while now. Gmail and other such offerings gather their value from the services behind them such as the search technology or massive storage capabilities. I'm curious how you see something like Outlook Live affecting efforts like this project. Do you think by the time Open Source projects are able to unravel the mysteries of Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft would have already moved everyone onto a subscription service they run (MSN). It seems its only a matter of time before Google, Microsoft and Yahoo start allowing small business customers to receive email at their own corporate domains. Once they do this, it will all but disintegrate the market for small business groupware systems. And I know that many people will argue that many companies wouldn't trust their email to Google or Microsoft or that many companies want to run their own gear - but from what we see on the front lines of small business IT: they just want to read their mail and couldn't care less about these details. After all most of them started their businesses using AOL accounts. Looking forward to your insights, | Larry Velez | www.sinu.com | --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel
