Apple is also developing a CalDAV server: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/calendarserver/
It's written in Python, and is FOSS I'm not sure of the exact license though. I know from the mailing list that it will compile on Linux, but installation and configuration aren't that user friendly at the moment. Another idea anyway. On 10/11/07, Jack Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree calendar sharing is a missing features under GNU/Linux. > > However I recently tested two interesting email server platform for Linux. > - Zimbra Open Source Edition. > - Hula (the open source edition of the former Novell NetMail). > Both are fully supported under Ubuntu (6.06 at least) > > Zimbra provides more features and it is a wonderful products but is not > release under GPL. > Hula is still beta but was based on the rock solid Netmail platform. It > has been released under GPL. > I would love that the community invests more efforts into Hula (seems that > Novell totally stops > supporting the project) and makes it come to universe. > I think it is a good basis. > Novell formerly planned to merge Hula with iFolder (GPL as well) to > provide a collaborative solution > for the community but I don't read any recent news about this. > > 2007/10/11, Dave Kempe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi Guys, > > before I make a wiki page about calendar sharing, I was wondering if > > anyone has any other recent experiences with Calendar sharing with > > ubuntu? from the server side of course. > > > > I have one I would like to share and think that it represents something > > we will be offering as a calendar sharing solution as an alternative to > > exchange for our SME clients. > > > > I have a client who already uses Thunderbird and courier imap. They > > lacked internal facing calendar sharing and I hadn't checked the state > > of play recently. > > So I installed lightning (the thunderbird add-in for calendaring) and > > setup Really Simple CalDAV Store: > > http://rscds.sourceforge.net/ > > > > It was pretty easy (they provide an apt source) to get going and seeing > > as I already had postgres for their CRM (centric) worked out pretty > > well. > > > > So with a little amount of effort (just configuration) I was able to > > have calendars all shared and updated in a read write fashion from > > Thunderbird. Access control is handled by the RSCDS web interface and > > works pretty well, though the group specification needs some work... > > > > A few points about the solution: > > * Lightning is under heavy development now and will be even nicer by > > Hardy release time > > * RSCDS needs more authentication options. I am happy to contribute > > coder time to make PAM-auth happen, as this would let us tie into other > > authentication schemes. The current auth means you have yet another silo > > of user/passes. > > * RSCDS is begging to be integrated in to Ebox or some other web > > interface for easy access (not that I use or have tried ebox) > > * I think the biggest roadblock to the whole linux-groupware-problem is > > actually Outlook, so I wanted a solution whereby people did not have to > > use it. Thunderbird/IMAP/RSCDS/Webmail(squirrelmail) will get most > > people so far its now a great combo. > > > > I have tried other shared calendaring solutions on Linux servers with > > windows clients. None worked anywhere near as well as this combination, > > and the most sophisticated (Zimbra, Scalix, etc) a really Outlook > > servers... not interested :) You see the big picture here is that people > > need to stop using Windows on the desktop... and freeing them of Outlook > > is an important first step, as a whole swathe of users are tied to it. > > > > > > The only reason to use squirrelmail at present is the large number of > > plugins - change password, Seive rules and/or vacation are important > > user facing admin functions. Aside from that, squirrelmail kinda blows > > for large mailboxes. Its getting better and I prefer v-webmail for my > > inbox and folders (just don't get the plugins) > > > > Shared calendaring is here people! lets do it :) > > > > > > Let me know what you think... > > > > Dave > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-server mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > > > > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- Party On, Adam
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