Re: [Evolution] will there be a Windows port?

[Jean-Eric Cuendet <jean-eric cuendet linkvest com>]

> past.  To make Evolution for Windows would be reinventing the wheel
> since Windows already has Outlook.  If your Windows users are already

Yes, Outlook is a GREAT program, but:
- It's microsoft, so it will NEVER run on Linux...
- It's costly

> using Outlook, then what would be the difference (aside from the cost,
> but it is my understanding that if you've already purchased outlook and
> it works for you, there shouldn't be any reason to shell out money for a
> newer version, just keep up on the security patches. hehe)

But the cost is IMPORTANT! Microsoft is changing the way it license
things to go to a "Pay each year for a thing you already have" !!!
The cost of Microsoft products IS a problem.

> I hate to sound like the Linux community should be selfish because that
> goes against what they are about, but if there was a Windows port of
> Evolution, that would be one less reason for someone to want to switch
> to Linux anyway.  Selfish? maybe.  I know some graphics students who

No, here we want to switch to OpenOffice for win+linux. But we must keep
Outlook for windows. It's a problem because if Evo was available on
Windows, then we'll switch to OpenOffice+Evo on Win+Linux

-jec