Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 15, 2003 05:39 AM
Well, Kolab is far from a "repackaged Cyrus and open LDAP". First, I must say, there is nothing wrong with using existing software. Kolab is maily a documented framework for grouware, with open and documented protocols for storage, retrieval, designed in a scalable way, with the tools to make it work today. Kolab is more about design than about the tools used to make it work. Yes, it uses existing, reliable, proven software. Is it wrong? It is true that Kolab is not a Notes replacement yet. It is more of a MS Exchange replacement. But it is far more than a "mail backend", it is indeed a groupware backend.
Second, the KDE client is working _today_. It is KDE 3.1 KMail and KOrganizer based and work fine thank you. The new Kolab Client, a client that integrates all pim components and will provide support for Kolab will be released for 3.2. But it is _not_ true that you cannot get this funcionality today. Just use the simpler version that is available today.
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Re:Try Kolab 1.0
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 15, 2003 05:39 AMFirst, I must say, there is nothing wrong with using existing software. Kolab is maily a documented framework for grouware, with open and documented protocols for storage, retrieval, designed in a scalable way, with the tools to make it work today.
Kolab is more about design than about the tools used to make it work. Yes, it uses existing, reliable, proven software. Is it wrong?
It is true that Kolab is not a Notes replacement yet. It is more of a MS Exchange replacement. But it is far more than a "mail backend", it is indeed a groupware backend.
Second, the KDE client is working _today_. It is KDE 3.1 KMail and KOrganizer based and work fine thank you.
The new Kolab Client, a client that integrates all pim components and will provide support for Kolab will be released for 3.2. But it is _not_ true that you cannot get this funcionality today. Just use the simpler version that is available today.
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