Evolution is a groupware application from Ximian, I'm going to start testing today. It's installing a I write. Sam Chris Schumann wrote: >>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:09:12 -0600 >>From: Samuel MacDonald <smac at visi.com> >> >> > > > >>I read the article, I don't trust either of these huge conglomerates or >>the "Info World" rag. All these companies care about is profits, they >>don't care about what is right or wrong. >> >> > >It's sad to say, but most companies, and IMHO nearly all large companies >with faceless boards are like this. We deal. > > > >> As my mother use to say "One will lie the other will swear to it" >>(the 3rd will print it). m$ and ibm have been in bed sense DOS, m$ >>office on Linux? I hope it never happens. >> >> > >It is already hapenning, isn't it? Doesn't it run under Wine? If not quite >yet, then soon. > > > >>Because of all the work the guys at OpenOffice.org have been doing. The >>product they have turned out is _"Excellent"_. They have turned out a >>solid set of tools that have a great look and feel. All that's needed >>to complement OpenOffice is a MySQL front end like m$ access. *Any >>developers looking for an open source project?* >> >> > >I agree that OpenOffice is a terrific product. The only thing it can't do >is what Outlook does. Nobody spends all day there, but lots of people >spend little bits in there all day. > >The minute Kolab or something else offers assignable permissions, working >on behalf of another and other groupware functionality, MS will have >yet another thing to worry about. Has anyone else noticed that the price >of Windows Small Business Server 2003, which includes Exchange Server, is >priced at $599 for five users? That's a huge reduction, and is a price at >which even tiny companies can get a quick ROI. > > > >>Companies should look to other ways of doing things before porting m$ >>office to Linux. If ibm were to grant (without strings) OpenOffice.org >>$5 million, Open Office would be a threat to m$ office. That will never >>happen because m$ and ibm are in bed. >> >> > >And it will never happen because IBM and Sun haven't been the best of >friends. > >Chris Schumann > > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list