kevinmcl@magma.ca wrote:
Could we get this back to Linux and posting etiquette/utility, and even mention something that relates to SuSE? For example, I and a whole bunch of scum Windows users at my company would really love to know what SuSE-supplied (or Red Hat, cuz some of them like RH) apps we can use to replace the full functionality of:
- MS Office
Is there any functionality in MS Office that is not present in StarOffice 6.0? Aside from the problem you mentioned about the odd mistranslation when handling MS Office docs I mean.
- MS Outlook
I assume you mean the outlook/exchange combo. Most of the functions you mentioned, including the voting, the massive mails resulting from back-and-forthing between various techs and manager, seems to me you could replace immediately and with gain in productivity with a good intranet solution. Say something based on one of the phpNuke relatives perhaps, with a database backend for document handling. There are also ready made products on the net for your synchronised calendar needs. Or if you're a little more "up-market" in your requirements, there are IBM solutions based on Lotus Domino Of course the mailing capabilities can be replaced by sendmail, postfix, qmail or what have you, and kmail handles regular mail perfectly well without the threat of viruses. As a bid for the future you might look at kroupware, which the german government is sponsoring as an Exchange/Domino replacement. It'll probably take a while to mature, but the above should suffice in the meantime. Anders