[NBLUG/talk] Open Office

Robert Hayes rhayes at silcom.com
Wed Aug 20 23:48:01 PDT 2003


Dave,
Here is the link to WebCalendar. It is a php based browser calendaring program 
for individuals and groups. It runs on a MySQL backend. Really very 
versatile, and you can customize it forever.

http://webcalendar.sourceforge.net/

Bob Hayes
rhayes at silcom.com

On Wednesday 20 August 2003 09:46 am, Dave Rohling wrote:
> Mostly, the calendar and email. I know of many email clients, but I'd like
> something very similar to Outlook for my users. And preferrably something
> that would sync with PDAs.
>
> - Dave
>
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>
> Dave,
> What features are you using in Outlook? If just email, then of course there
> are many options. Group calendaring: there are some terrific open source
> web
>
> based solutions. Certain of the more esoteric Exchange functions are not
> available *yet* without purchasing a proprietary replacement for the
> Exchange
> Server (Samsung has one, it used to be free from HP before they sold it,
> but
>
> MS poisoned the well because the system worked too well and was threatening
> Exchange as much as two+ years ago) and there is a new fully GPL'd package
> that is still in it's early stages called -- I believe -- Chandler. You can
> probably find it on sourceforge.
>
> If you're not using the esoteric features of group ware within an exchagne
> server, pretty much all the functionality you could want is already
> available
> in individual packages with higher reliability and data access.
>
> Robert Hayes
>
> Quoting Dave Rohling <dave at cloverstornetta.com>:
> > Ok, if I were to deploy Open Office for Windows and replace Microsoft
> > Office, I'm left without an Outlook replacement. Any open-source
> > suggestions? I really like Evolution on Linux, but what can I do on a
> > Windows PC?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave Rohling
> > Network Administrator
> > Clover Stornetta Farms, Inc.
>
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