The Evolution Mail, Calendar, and Addressbook Applications.

[Nat Friedman <nat gnome-support com>]

Hello guys,

    So, things at International Gnome Support have been steadily
advancing, and we are now moving forward at full-speed to pursue our
goal of producing an ass-kicking suite of PIM tools.  The idea is
basically to build on the existing codebase -- GnomeCal, GnomeCard,
and the Evolution work which Bertrand has been doing -- to make a
tightly-integrated set of groupware apps.  We are going to update the
current apps to support the new protocol standards and wrap the Gnome
PIM apps into a number of Bonobo components.

    We're also going to be devoting lots of hacking time to polishing
the user interface, creating new Gtk widgets where necessary, and
using Bonobo to integrate all of the PIM apps into a single point of
entry for users.  And, of course, we're going to write the mailer.

    There is a lot of work to be done, both on the UI front and the
backend.  Over the course of the next month, IGS intends to hire seven
full-time developers to devote to this task.  All of this development
will be done in the open on the Gnome CVS, and coordinated over the
public Gnome mailing lists from day one.

    I put together some design documents over the summer, and we'll be
mailing these to the Gnome mailer list once ALS is over.  If you are
interested in contributing to this project, subscribe to the Gnome
mailer list (mail gnome-mailer-list-request@nuclecu.unam.mx with
'subscribe' in the body) or contact me and Miguel.

Cheers,
Nat