If a company was to use this (OGo) as an exchange server and evolution as the client, does this mean that one would still have to purchase the Evolution Connector?
-Karl On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 10:19, Stuart Guthrie wrote: > For the uninitiated. This project replaces MICROSOFT EXCHANGE (in > collaboration with your favourite mail server/imap server/ldap server > that is). Something a lot of sluggers and others have been after for a > long time (me included). It has definately been a stumbling block on the > way to moving larger exchange-dependent companies to Open Source. > > This project looks very, very cool to me. Considering it has been tested > in the field ie live installs by a German company (Skyrix) who have now > open sourced lots of the code. I can not implement for customers an LGPL > Group Ware Server. > > It does server-based calendaring to Outlook, via a plugin to Evolution > (ie on a linux desktop) and has a webclient, an XML-RPC client and a > Palm Sync Client. This diagram will give you an idea of the scope of > this offering: > > http://www.opengroupware.org/en/devs/docs/SxArchitecture.html > > I think if you are a sysadmin looking to extend the leap of Linux into > organisations this really ought to be looked at. > > I'll be doing the download and testing this software. It could make a > great talk @ slug if it all hangs together. > > As to code quality, who really knows. I've heard sendmail, gnome, kde, > mailman, openldap and many other open source products lambasted for code > quality in their time but from the end-user prespective they are out > there and doing their job. As we all know, exposure to open source sets > of eyes will (probably) improve the code base rapido. > > > Stu > > > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > >Unfortunately, it's been reviewed to me as a "end-of-life unmaintainable > >pile of dung product", but here's the media release. :-) It's a good kick > >start, if nothing else. > > > >- Jeff > > > >----- > > > >MEDIA RELEASE > > > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > >NEW PROJECT FORMED: OpenGroupware.org, > >AS SKYRiX OPEN SOURCES ITS GROUPWARE SERVER > > > >July 10, 2003 - OpenGroupware.org ('OGo') project announces its formation > >and the release today to the worldwide open source development community of > >its groupware server software. The software provides the server components > >necessary for full office collaboration with the OpenOffice.org suite and > >various other Linux and Windows groupware clients. OGo software runs on > >Linux and Solaris (www.OpenGroupware.org) > > > >The OGo project is a fully independent open-source project, but will > >inter-operate with the OpenOffice.org software and other similarly open > >clients via open standards. > > > >The OGo software is based initially on the contribution of the code of > >SKYRiX 4.1 Groupware Server, a mature product that has been in development > >for 7 years, and one of the earliest groupware products for the Linux > >operating system. The contributor, SKYRIX Software AG, is well known in > >Germany as a leader in Linux groupware (www.SKYRiX.com). > > > >"We are extremely excited to form OpenGroupware.org and to collaborate with > >OpenOffice.org to serve the open source community worldwide," said Jens > >Enders, president and CEO of SKYRIX Software AG. "By configuring the > >OpenGroupware.org server together [after install] with the OpenOffice.org > >office suite and other leading groupware clients, our customers will be > >able to implement a comprehensive and integrated collaboration environment > >wholly composed of free software." > > > >The OGo software provides document sharing capabilities for OpenOffice.org > >documents and will enable users of MS Outlook (97/2000/XP), Ximian > >Evolution, Mozilla Calendar, OOo Glow (OpenOffice.org Groupware Project's > >client product), Apple's iCal and other standards-based groupware clients > >to collaborate. > > > >OGo software will enable users to share calendar, address book and e-mail > >information; they can communicate via instant messaging, share folders, > >exchange documents, track changes, share a whiteboard, and browse the Web > >all at the same time -- all upon open Internet standards and without paying > >or managing cumbersome licensing fees. > > > >Says Gary Frederick, Leader of the OpenOffice.org Groupware Project: "Just > >to be perfectly clear, this is an MS Exchange replacement. OGo is important > >because it's the missing link in the open source software stack. It's the > >end of a decade-long effort to 'map' all the key infrastructure and > >standard desktop applications to free software. OGo offers users a free > >solution for collaboration and document management that, despite being free > >of charge, will far surpass the quality and level of collaboration found on > >Windows (through integration of MS Office, Exchange Server and SharePoint). > >Today marks the completion of 'OpenStack'." > > > >Adds Stu Green, Managing Director of Open Source Professional Services, > >"The release of OGo means the OpenOffice.org suite is ready for the > >enterprise complete with full-featured and mature groupware solutions. > >These capabilities once and for all show how free software betters > >proprietary solutions that require licensing payments on both the client > >and server sides. Also, OGo provides multiple file format filters for > >creating, storing and sharing data in an open and flexible fashion. It's > >possible now to completely avoid proprietary file formats and non-standard > >XML throughout the desktop stack and infrastructure. Licensing fees and > >license management are gone. And with OOo + OGo, no remote activation is > >required." (www.OSPSnet.com) > > > >OGo has extensive and broad support for XML based APIs:an XML-RPC > >'Webservice' API, support for SunONE XML based WCAP, support for > >HTTPMail/MS Exchange-based WebDAV, and finally for iCalendar files in XML > >notation (according to the xCal drafts). Given the XML based storage format > >of OpenOffice.org the OGo document storage will be able to perform feature > >rich team based collaboration and content management. OGo uses a > >WebDAV-accessible relational database management system to make document > >storage accessible from the OpenOffice.org office suite. > > > >OGo is licensed under the open source dual licenses, Lesser General Public > >License (LGPL) and the General Public License (GPL). Libraries and > >components are licensed under the terms of the LGPL and applications are > >licensed under the GPL. For users, this means in part that the OGo software > >can be used, improved and redistributed at no cost. For developers, the > >licensing implications vary depending on the type of code contribution that > >is contemplated. > > > >If you would like to join OpenGroupware.org to contribute code, development > >or marketing resources to the project, please contact > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >About OpenGroupware.org > > > >Mission: To create, as a community, the leading open source groupware > >server to integrate with the leading open source office suite products and > >all the leading groupware clients running across all major platforms, and > >to provide access to all functionality and data through open XML-based > >interfaces and APIs (www.OpenGroupware.org). > > > >About SKYRiX > > > >SKYRIX Software AG, the contributor of the OGo code, is a leading developer > >of Linux based groupware solutions in Germany. The product OGo is based on, > >SKYRiX 4.1 Groupware Server, is a mature solution being in development for > >about seven years. OGo consists of about 600,000 lines of object oriented C > >code and about 100,000 lines of reusable Web components (www.SKYRiX.com). > > > >The original author of the OpenGroupware.org reference server software was > >MDlink GmbH, founded as an Internet service provider (ISP) in Germany in > >1994. The company started development on the LSOffice application server in > >about 1996 to extend it's Internet offerings with a powerful collaboration > >platform usable over the Internet. Some years later LSOffice was renamed to > >SKYRiX 3 and finally in 2000 a separate company, SKYRIX Software AG, was > >formed to concentrate on the further development of the product. > > > >About OpenOffice.org > > > >OpenOffice.org is the home of the open source project and its community of > >developers, users and marketers responsible for the on-going development of > >the OpenOffice.org product. The mission of OpenOffice.org is to create, as > >a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all > >major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through > >open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. OpenOffice.org 1.1 > >runs on FreeBDS, Windows (98/2000/XP), Linux (x86 & PowerPC), Mac OS X and > >Solaris; while ports for other operating systems and hardware platforms, > >including IRIX, HP-UX, Tru64, Linux (Alpha), Linux (ARM), Linux (Itanium2) > >and others, are in various stages of development. OpenOffice.org 1.1, soon > >available in over 60 native languages, is written in C++ and has documented > >API's licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and Sun > >Industry Standards Source License (SISSL) open source licenses. The founder > >and sponsor of the OpenOffice.org project is Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun > >markets an office suite based on the OpenOffice.org code called StarOffice. > >Download OpenOffice.org 1.1 at http://www.openoffice.org. > > > >About OpenOffice.org Glow Project > > > >Glow is an innovative OpenOffice.org project to create a rich full-featured > >and integrated groupware client for communication and collaboration to > >complement the OpenOffice.org office suite. Glow is written using Java > >which has enabled the rapid development and release of the first internal > >milestone supporting core calendaring functions, both online and offline. > >Contacts, mail, instant messaging; P2P and web whiteboard features are > >planned. Glow is designed to integrate with and complement OpenOffice.org > >but can also be used as a standalone cross-platform application running > >everywhere that J2SE does (http://groupware.openoffice.org/glow/). > > > >Links: > > > >Evolution http://ximian.com/products/evolution/ > >OpenGroupware.org http://www.opengroupware.org > >OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org/ > >OpenOffice.org Groupware Project http://groupware.openoffice.org/ > >OpenOffice.org Glow http://groupware.openoffice.org/glow/ > >OSPS http://www.OSPSnet.com > >Mozilla http://www.mozilla.org/ > >MS Outlook http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/outannoy/ > >SKYRiX http://www.skyrix.com/en/products/index.xhtml > >StarOffice http://www.sun.com/staroffice > >Sun Microsystems, Inc. http://www.sun.com > > > >MEDIA RELEASE CONTACTS: > >Helge Hess > >SKYRIX Software AG > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Gary Frederick > >OpenOffice.org Groupware Project > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Sam Hiser > >OpenOffice.org Marketing Project > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >PUBLICITY CONTACT: > >Jacqueline McNally > >Community Contact, Australia/New Zealand > >OpenOffice.org Marketing Project > >Tel: +61 8 9474 3021 (GMT +0800) > >Fax: +61 8 9474 3405 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
