On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > It grabs me that the biggest problem free software has in this sphere is > that Microsoft have set the bar too high. Everyone assumes that all > organisations "need" all the features Exchange provides. In my > experience, LDAP, IMAP and some kind of calendar are all that are > needed. > > Are there no free software clients that integrate these features? I > think calendaring is the big gap...
You think correctly. I would dearly _love_ to pitch exchange from the highest roof I can find, but I can't - because the PTB's want their shared calendaring, and they 'aint gonna give it up for anyone. What would PA's do then? If I could find a reliable open source solution which works with LookOut, and does calendars like exchange, I'd move heaven and hell to convince the boss to shift to it. But I can't - everything I've found is either still in beta or worse, or the licensing is as bad as M$'s for exchange - and that's one of my biggest reasons for wanting to get rid of the pile of dog droppings. I know about the SuSE/Novell product - but as far as I can tell, it's still very unfinished compared to exchange. ANyone got another suggestion? DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
