I need some advice on which groupware I should select for small business.
The business is currently using windows XP with a Linux file server and firewall. And has two separate offices each with approximately 10 windows desktops. The plan is to migrate some of the windows desktops to knoppix (debian) desktops, in order to reduce licensing cost. I am currently considering kroupware, SuSE Linux Openexchange Server, evolution connector, Open Source Groupware (from the openoffice people). Some requirements. 1) I don't want to buy a MS exchange server or license. 2) Must be able to assign task and calender events to users based on permission. 3) Must support the remote office environment I described. 4) Must support Chinese clients. 5) Must support MS Outlook. We have considered Lotus on a Linux server but decided that it was over kill and did not that fact that we would be tied into the lotus clients. Also the price sort of scared us. The Suse and evolution solutions are in our price range, but the have some draw backs. We currently don't have any suse servers. We have a Red Hat firewall, but I plan to very soon replace it with a debian based firewall. We are trying to reduce our support requirements to only one linux flavour. And we figure debian is the easiest, so is the best long term solution. I am concerned about the evolution connector. Did I read the requirements correctly? I need an exchange server license? If so it is out. Kroupware (Kolab), requires a propriety connector for Outlook clients. That is OK with us. How mature is it? Open Source Groupware, how mature is it? Thank you for your advice. -tim. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
