Paul Roach wrote: > It's an interesting development and perhaps brings Ubuntu one step > closer to providing support for an application that can genuinely > compete with MS Exchange (the sole reason why we still have an Active > Directory environment here - as everything else for Windows clients > can be delivered via Samba+LDAP). IMHO it's the one thing that's > lacking for Ubuntu and Linux in general. A cost effective, functional > and not exclusively web based groupware solution that functions for > both Windows and Linux clients would then provide a complete migration > path for corporates to an Open-Source environment. Unfortunately > Exchange is, at the moment Microsoft's killer app and is too often > dismissed as a simple mail server. The integration it provides with > the other aspects and features (shared tasks, calendars, public > folders, journaling, etc) mean that there's nothing out there at > present that can touch it. > > Thanks for bringing this to attention Mac, and for the detailed > response Alan. Well there is Zimbra. I tried the Open Source edition and found it to work quite well. After a bit of fiddling I worked out how to import Exchange users to Zimbra (there is a Windows tool available) and it has a nice web interface, mail, calenders etc. It can also be expanded with the use of Zimlets (I liked the fact I could link it in with Google Maps). It also has Windows and Linux clients, and I believe a Mac client too (Zimbra Desktop).
On the down side though the Open Source edition doesn't have plugins for Outlook (I believe that only in the paid for version) and it isn't under the GPL, I gather it's some sort of Yahoo licence which is more restrictive. Not to mention the fact it's future appears to be somewhat hanging on the balance (Yahoo may or may not sell it according to articles I've read on the net). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
