HP Openmail is now owned by Samsung and is their groupware solution called Samsung Contact. On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 23:13, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 15:02, Chris Ricker wrote: > > I've heard you can actually use the Ximian Connector to interface the > > two, though I've not tried. Ximian did open up the groupwise connector as > > a starting point for the OGo connector though.... > > "Open up" is relative. > > E.g., is Groupwise iCalendar compliant? Or any other standard? > > No. So how does that "help" OGo? > > Novell owns Ximian. Given the fact that there was _no_ major Groupwise > client for Linux/UNIX, this wasn't anything "special." It's a marketing > move by Novell, because it sells more Groupwise licenses. > > Because Groupwise is sold <pun>CAL-wise</pun>. > > Frankly, I'm a little shocked at the belittlement of a company that > basically gave away its entire, 100% Standards-based (XML-RPC, WebDAV, > iCalendar) back-end. No strings attached ala GPL/LGPL. > > I mean, people are recommending Freedomware/Standardsware solutions that > are either far less capable (e.g., various, simple FTP/HTTP "free/busy" > solutions), or Commerceware (e.g., Groupwise). > > A server cannot solve the problem of a client that is > non-standards-based. At least not without a massive reverse engineering > effort (e.g., Samba), or licensing. > > In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the reason, in the case of Outlook, > _is_ licensing. That's what kept HP OpenMail from going GPL as well. -- W. Chris Shank ACE Technology Group, LLC chris.shank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.acetechgroup.com
