<quote who="Kevin Saenz"> > the other day I saw a new group trying to develop an open source server > that is capable of doing the same functions as exchange
There's... Kolab <http://kolab.kde.org/>, a project run by a number of German companies, publically funded. It's the glue between existing high-profile, high-quality FOSS projects such as Postfix, Cyrus, OpenLDAP, Apache, etc. It does not provide a MAPI (Exchange-compatible) interface for Outlook clients, but there are proprietary plugins available and FOSS projects working on it. It appeals to me because it's based on stuff I already know and trust. It leans more towards a messaging solution than 'groupware'. OpenGroupware.org <http://www.opengroupware.org/>, a new project based on the released code of a proprietary product by SKYRIX Software AG. Their product was failing, so they released it under an open source licence, and cynically attached themselves to OpenOffice.org's glory. :-) To confuse matters, there's a proprietary MAPI server interface available for it, and proprietary MAPI client interfaces for the proprietary MAPI server interface. 8) The non-proprietary bits will still allow you to connect to it with the Evolution Exchange connector though (which uses Exchange's DAV bits). OGo doesn't appeal to me greatly, because it's written in Objective C (which is not a popular language in the FOSS world), and will take some time to turn into a true FOSS project. It has all the trappings of an old, badly maintained proprietary product unleashed on the snobbish and more particular FOSS world. ;-) It leans more towards 'groupware' than messaging. That's my analysis anyway. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "I love 2001. Especially the beginning with the proto-humans screaming at each other and beating each other to death with rocks and bones. That very neatly encapsulates my whole concept of interpersonal relationships." - Branden Robinson -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
