Outlook is the biggest integration headache for the Linux user, frankly. I use Linux for my primary desktop, but have had to use the Windows machine in my office for email because there just isn't a good Linux option for connecting to an Exchange server.
I can fake it using an open source product called Mulberry Mail, which supports NTLM authentication to an IMAPS server even under Linux (which I've never gotten Thunderbird to do under Linux), but Mulberry is a bit old, and it still leaves me without calendar access. I've tried Evolution several times, but I find it slower than death and extremely crash-prone, at least the distro repository versions. And it's a bear to build it yourself from the latest sources, and still doesn't seem to work any better. If the Mozilla project could include Exchange connectivity somehow, in such a way that it could also link with a provider for Lightening, that would be a huge leap forward for Linux desktop use in the office. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rubin Bennett > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OpenOffice =~ s/Open/Libre/, and s/Oracle// > > I've used it on commercial sites several times, and everyone has been > perfectly satisfied with it. The companies who have switched away were > all wooed away by the charms of Outlook, which brings in the rest of > it's friends. Outlook is a little like the gateway drug of the > Microsoft office suite ;) > > R > > Rubin Bennett > rbTechnologies, LLC > 1970 VT Route 14 South > East Montpelier, VT 05651 > > (802)223-4448 > http://thatitguy.com > > "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." > Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance > French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Flint [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OpenOffice =~ s/Open/Libre/, and s/Oracle// > > Dear Josh, > > Nice editing. > > I do not believe "Oracle" is a regular expression. > > Try "Anucle"... > > :^) > > Regards, > > Flint > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, Josh Sled wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:24:46 -0400 > > From: Josh Sled <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: OpenOffice =~ s/Open/Libre/, and s/Oracle// > > > > http://www.metafilter.com/96121/OpenOffice-ousts-Oracle > > > > Is anyone "deploying" OpenOffice in a government or > commercial/support > > setting? > > > > -- > > ...jsled > > http://asynchronous.org/ - a=jsled; b=asynchronous.org; echo > $...@${b} > > > > Kindest Regards, > > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > numerantur ^^-^^
