G T Smith wrote:
Andreas van dem Helge wrote:
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 6:01 PM, John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote:
When I show them that wine will run those two packages (without belaboring the details) and absolve them of their Outlook sins, bless them with Kmail (spam filtered of course) they become converts rather quickly.
Hmmm... T-Bird with appropriate plugins is way better than KMail in some respects and by far a better tool than Outlook...<snip>
For server end Synchronisation there is also Funambol/Sync4j <snip>
There is also e-Groupware <snip>
The don't WANT WINDOWS. I agree... But I want OUTLOOK....
Grant has given you the solution...and...the solution is eGroupWare (egw) (1.4.004 is the current stable branch). It is THE open source groupware solution. It has served as the back-end for my law office for several years now in a mixed linux/windows environment without a single instance of data loss. It is far more robust than outlook from a number of perspectives. Project management, knowledge base, wiki, accounting, ACL permissions, e-template customization of existing or production of new page functionality, scheduled data backup, ease of data migration on server change, just to name a few. To get all default applications of the stable branch (using 1.2, 1.4, etc instead of branch in the examples below), just do the following in your docroot: cd /srv/www/htdocs (or whatever your docroot is), then (on one line) "svn checkout http://svn.egroupware.org/egroupware/branches/1.4/aliases/default ." (**NOTE the . at the end of the line. That isn't a typo) egw required php (mbstring and pear), apache, and mysql. Following svn checkout, simply point your browser to http://yourserver.com/egroupware/setup and follow the installation routine. (~ 10 minute setup). The installer will set up your mysql database for you and tell you if you are missing any of the requirements. If you run into trouble, the documentation is at www.egroupware.org, or, just post here, I'll be glad to help. At first, the interface may seem a bit different than outlook. There is a reason for that. After you have made friends with egw, you appreciate the efficiency those differences make. You will then have internet wide, secure access to your data from anywhere. You can use virtually any front-end that supports XML-RPC, syncml, etc. I like the egw web interface itself, but I also use Thunderbird and the lightning plugin to integrate the calendar with Thunderbird utilizing XML-RPC. There are a number of ways to skin this cat based on your personal preference. Something else outlook doesn't offer. The biggest seller for me was/is that support is excellent through the egroupware-users@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list and the egw bug-tracker/feature request system. Ralf Becker and the rest of the egw project team can usually solve bugs in a few days (sometimes in a few hours). Got that with outlook? The sync abilities of egw are on par with outlook and improving daily. I can sync my data with my cell phone, windows clients, etc. If you want to kiss outlook good-bye, then from a thorough comparison standpoint, egw is what you want and is the most robust os groupware package going. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org