Re: Groupware program - a server to ?

[Michael Glauche <mg plum de>]

Daniel Persson wrote:
> 

> When customers buy a program like Microsoft Exchange etc there are some
> primary things they want.(And this is something that they ALL want)
> 
> - Shared adresslists - This is probobly the most important
> - Shared calendars   - They want to be able to know what person b and person
> a are
> - Shared contacts          - They want have a contact database with all
> sorts of different contactinfo
> - Shared folders           - Like the Microsoft Exchange folders, to store
> documents etc
> 

I ABSOLUTELY second this. Demand for these is VERY high in small/medium
companies.
One additional thing : 

+ Shared job / Todo lists with job delegation

> Their biggest demand is mostly about beeing able to SHARE the information in
> the groupware system.

We are currently using IMAP for this over here ... :P

> Also, one thing they more and more want is that the travelling people
> (salesmen etc) want to be able to surf in and get all this info trough a
> webinterface.
> (Like Outlook Webaccess or HP Openmail)
> 
> So basically my question is, will the new gnome-mailer system make any of
> this possible ?
> 
> Would a Microsoft Exhange/HP Openmail kinda soulution be a too big task ?
> 
> Would it be possible to build a server that uses OpenLdap and other internet
> standard protocols for its store and then build clients (like gnome-mailer,
> magellan etc) that uses it ?
> 
> I belive that a nice written GPLD groupware system will take the world by
> storm - it's also my belive the wonderful Gnomehackers are the right men for
> the job :)

regards,
   Michael

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