Hello Kevin, Am 2008-09-22 13:51:23, schrieb McLauchlan, Kevin: > > Robert (Newbie) asked about an Outlook replacement for use with OOo, and > various list members suggested SeaMonkey or Thunderbird with the > Lightning calendar plug-in. > > What do multiple users do to call meetings, reserve rooms and resources, > and have meetings inserted into each others' calendars?
I use a self-coded php5/PostgreSQL Intranet-Interface which can also be
queried over SHTTP. Support for unlimited Users, Groups and more. It
is used by my own customers (CH, FR, DE) and one of my major INCOME
insurance... speak, it is Closed-Source to NON-CUSTOMERS!
I have assured, that my customers can continue the work without inter-
ruptions even if I would killed by someone...
> The boss would want to be able to "forcibly" insert meeting
> reservations/notifications into underling's calendars, while other folks
> would like to be able to provisionally insert them (if the time is
> currently unallocated in the other party's calendar). One of the
> handiest features of the Outlook calendar functions is that simply
> clicking "Accept" causes both a return acceptance to be sent, AND the
> block of time to be set aside in one's own calendar. As well, the
> Outlook shared calendar functions allow other people to see whether
> invitees are already booked for a given timeslot, so they can just
Such things are standard functions of a business callendar and nothing
special...
> quickly move a proposed meeting around their call-a-meeting calendar
> until they hit a timeslot where all the important participants are
> otherwise unbooked. In a busy company, negotiating meeting acceptances
> by return-e-mail responses can be extremely frustrating, since people
> tend to take hours to reply and meeting slots get rapidly booked.
Here, if a meeting stand on, "The BOSS" can setup a list of members and
then run a query on it... Then the callendar show the major overlaps and
then he can propose timeslots which are passed to the members and they
can arrange it back...
Nothing special here...
It seems several Groupware products do not support this...
For me it is a standard feature.
> What do OOo adopters do when they work in a MS environment where
> everybody else (hundreds or thousands in the company) use MS Office and
> Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint for everything?
Migrate the Enterprise to a GNU/Linux Distribution and emplojee with the
saved money a REAL Open-Source Programmer which know her/his job.
This happen here in Strasbourg/France to two Enterprises and to one
Enterprise in Baden-Würtemberg/Germany.
> Are there any "captive" employees on this list who are actually doing
> that?
> Or is everybody who uses OOo, along with an open-source e-mail and
> calendar solution in an office environment working as a
> contractor/consultant.
I am Debian GNU/Linux Consultant in Strasbourg/France and such things
are my main job beside migrations...
> How about Evolution?
<würg>
If I try to install it on my Office Workstation, it sucks arround
400 MByte of Dependencies including the WHOLE Gnome Environement...
> Anyone using that - in an otherwise MS environment - successfully? I
> have not used Evo since about 1999, so I'm a little out-of-touch.
MS environement? -- ME???? =8<O
> - Kevin
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