[Evolution] Re: [discuss] GROUPWARE - what is it, anyways?

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik ireland sun com>]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Dan Kuykendall wrote:

> > And doesn't instantly fall prey to feature creep.
> >
> > So, what is 'groupware'?
> >         * calendaring
> >         * email access
> >         ? newsgroup access
> >         * email alias/list management
> >         * shared file access (webdav?)
> >         * todo lists
> >         * project/progress tracking
> >         * address book(s)
> >
> > Anybody think of anything else that is clearly 'groupware' and not in
> > there (and otoh, also clearly doen't belong to the 'not groupware'
> > category like say database access).
>
> I agree. The basic scope needs to be geared toward the core apps of a
> groupware system. However I feel that it can also be done in a way that
> allows any additional app to be written and have its data stored in some
> standard method. If we dont do this then Notes and Exchange would have a
> powerful function that we would be ignoring.
>
> > In the case some of those, a certain subset of things people can dream up
> > (like in the case of todo lists) will have to be decided.
> >
> > Where does Mozilla fit into this?
>
> Mozilla is a good browser for phpGW. But probably does not really
> concern us in building this OGS XML-RPC interface.

Mozzila also has it'ss address book, mail client, etc. lots of people
use. Wouldn't it be nice if it transparently integrated into OGS ?

> Seek3r

        Sander

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