[SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
Hey hey. Because it's been about a year since this last came up on the SLUG list, and because I have a need for something like this soon, I'd be interested to hear what people are using for groupware these days. I'd like something that can share contacts / calendars / tasks across a fairly mixed environment - evolution, thunderbird and sunbird/lightning on Windows and Linux, and Outlook 2k3. We initially considered just exporting calendars to a WebDAV share. This seems to be a workable solution, but I have my doubts about how well a .htaccess scheme to allow access would scale to an office of around 40 users. On a similar note, CalDAV or GroupDAV look like attractive solutions to drop in to an existing environment as well. But from some brief googling, it seems that Outlook support for either of these protocols are limited at best. Has anybody had any success syncing Outlook with one of these servers? I've also looked at Scalix in the best, and like what I see. My only issue with it so far is that I'd prefer to keep my existing mail infrastructure. Is it possible for it to co-exist with an existing IMAP service? -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 16:24 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote: I've also looked at Scalix in the best, and like what I see. My only issue with it so far is that I'd prefer to keep my existing mail infrastructure. Is it possible for it to co-exist with an existing IMAP service? Is this for you personally or for a professional office deployment? The answer for IMAP co-existence will be markedly different depending on how the deployment is going to be used. -- Craige McWhirter Managing Director McWhirter [consulting] http://mcwhirter.com.au/ - 0415958783 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Peter Hardy wrote: Hey hey. I'd like something that can share contacts / calendars / tasks across a fairly mixed environment - evolution, thunderbird and sunbird/lightning on Windows and Linux, and Outlook 2k3. We initially considered just exporting calendars to a WebDAV share. This seems to be a workable solution, but I have my doubts about how well a .htaccess scheme to allow access would scale to an office of around 40 users. On a similar note, CalDAV or GroupDAV look like attractive solutions to drop in to an existing environment as well. But from some brief googling, it seems that Outlook support for either of these protocols are limited at best. Has anybody had any success syncing Outlook with one of these servers? Have you considered using a hosted service like Google calendar? Google calendar can be synchronised with your desktop applications using GSyncDaemon which is a java application that works well with Windows and Linux. It has a Windows installer, but I have mine working with Gentoo Linux, but I had to install the app without a Gentoo package. I don't know if there are any packages for other distros. I use GooSync hosted service to sync my Google calendar with my phone using SyncML protocol. I would say Google calendar is good for small to medium size companies and I don't know if Google calendar scale well within an organisational so you may consider hosting something yourself using eGroupware or phpGroupware. It seems that eGroupware has better support and eGroupware allows you to sync calendar to mobile phones and pda through SyncML protocol. I have done preliminary research on these applications so I don't know how well they work. I've also looked at Scalix in the best, and like what I see. My only issue with it so far is that I'd prefer to keep my existing mail infrastructure. Is it possible for it to co-exist with an existing IMAP service? I'm not sure how phpGroupware or eGroupware works with existing IMAP infrastructure. -- Pete Regards -- Joseph Goncalves mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 66D6 71CF 87F9 6B17 6824 C692 9FF0 1DAF 7DAE E661 -- Alcazar: Leela, this must all be very confusing. Leela: A little. That's why I've decided to hurt you until you explain it. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 16:24 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote: I'd like something that can share contacts / calendars / tasks across a fairly mixed environment - evolution, thunderbird and sunbird/lightning on Windows and Linux, and Outlook 2k3. -- Pete I ve used and loved Zimbra, I often try out Scalix when I see some propaganda, but keep going back to Zimbra. From what you have said, I think it would be a good fit Tuxta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
On 08/05/07, Joseph Goncalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you considered using a hosted service like Google calendar? Google calendar can be synchronised with your desktop applications using GSyncDaemon which is a java application that works well with Windows and Linux. It has a Windows installer, but I have mine working with Gentoo Linux, but I had to install the app without a Gentoo package. I don't know if there are any packages for other distros. Google isn't the only choice; there's also zoho.com, and there are a few other players as well. I use Spanning Sync(.com) with my Mac; it nicely pushes the data into iSync and thus into the standard apps. It also then pushes everything nicely to my phone, and also takes everything the other way. You didn't mention any macs though, only windows and linux, so my babblings will stop now. If you've got a windows environment, you should be able to sync the Google Calendar with Outlook and then use your phone's sync software to sync that with your phone. I would say Google calendar is good for small to medium size companies and I don't know if Google calendar scale well within an organisational so you may consider hosting something yourself using eGroupware or phpGroupware. It seems that eGroupware has better support and eGroupware allows you to sync calendar to mobile phones and pda through SyncML protocol. I have done preliminary research on these applications so I don't know how well they work. Google Calendar also has some nice features re: sharing calendars and free/busy information with other people in your organisation, and also makes shared/team/joint calendars easy, as well as calendars for resources such as meeting rooms, projectors, etc. But, you do have to keep in mind that you're shipping what could be your highly confidential internal information off to Google's servers, and you may or may not think that's acceptable. -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2004 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 17:36 +1000, Craige McWhirter wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 16:24 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote: I've also looked at Scalix in the best, and like what I see. My only issue with it so far is that I'd prefer to keep my existing mail infrastructure. Is it possible for it to co-exist with an existing IMAP service? Is this for you personally or for a professional office deployment? The answer for IMAP co-existence will be markedly different depending on how the deployment is going to be used. Professional office deployment. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 21:21 +1000, Steven Tucker wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 16:24 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote: I'd like something that can share contacts / calendars / tasks across a fairly mixed environment - evolution, thunderbird and sunbird/lightning on Windows and Linux, and Outlook 2k3. -- Pete I ve used and loved Zimbra, I often try out Scalix when I see some propaganda, but keep going back to Zimbra. From what you have said, I think it would be a good fit Thanks, Zimbra hasn't really been on my radar at all. I'll check it out. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source groupware solutions
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:23 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote: Professional office deployment. IMAP co-existence will really, really, really bug people. Scalix supports IMAP and it works fine but I would strongly recommending accessing Scalix via the Scalix plugins for Outlook or Evolution. To co-exist with an IMAP account confuses people. I do use the IMAP connection for services such as Blackberry's. -- Craige McWhirter Managing Director McWhirter [consulting] http://mcwhirter.com.au/ - 0415958783 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
