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On Wednesday 23 April 2008, James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I just found this page: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/kolab/ |
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> Groupware is the general category. My questions are: |
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> Has anyone installed this and if so how do you like it? |
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It sucks. It sucks so much I dare not describe how and why for fear of |
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falling afoul of libel laws. |
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Impi tried to use it. Impi is a South African Ubuntu derivative owned by |
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Canonical intended to be sold to governments and large corporates. |
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Kolab is infested with super-secret proprietary stuff that is anything |
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but free software, all due to the way the German government structured |
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the Kolab tender process. Apparently it only really works with KMail. |
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If you are really interested in Kolab, I would advise you to do a proof |
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of concept trial run for real and make up your own mind. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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