RE: [tlug] On Debian (Forget what I said in the previous mail)

[Blomberg David <dblomber@example.com>]

> 
> Case in question is scheduling:  Why can we not yet get any decent O/S
> product which can address the main enterprise needs: Meeting Scheduling,
> Free/Busy information available through network, Resource Planning (Meeting
> Rooms).  Exchange also provides "Public Folders" which are used to
> distribute infor throughout the enterprise, as well as workflows (requests,
> and approvals, automated forms).  I think a working product in this area is
> the main neccesity for successful Linux Desktop Adoption / Exchange Killers.
> But this is the weakness of open source - because it is on a voluntary basis
> people only work on projects that they are personally interested in.
> Because most Linux hackers do not need those enterprise features they do not
> develop them.
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> 
> In conclusion - if Kolab is to take off, then decent clients must be
> available for other Platforms than Linux (ie. Windows and Mac would be nice)
> as well as Web based clients.
Not true I am actually moving places from Windows to Linux and Unix to
Linux.  Windows is a terrible place to have "test runs" for server side
software, as now the users see your software as part of their "Windows"
system (Bugs, Patching, Security).  
> 
> Patrick
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David Blomberg
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