Moving to an Open source environment

[Chong Yu Meng]

Hi James,

James McDonald wrote:

> I am starting to get tired of spending 11000 (Exchange EE) + HARDWARE 
> + OS + AV to give people email, when I can do it with a 
> linux/qmail/imap install for about a days wages. However some small 
> points seem to stop me from recommending an open source only solution.
>
>    To completely replace M$ I would need non-buggy group calendaring 
> and scheduling apps that runs on Linux and is rock solid. Any 
> Suggestions?


Been there ! If what you're looking for is something conforming to the 
iCalendar protocol, I don't think anything has been created for that 
yet. For simple web-based calendaring, there are plenty of Open Source 
solutions available. You may want to look at Suse Open Exchange for an 
approximation of MS Exchange.

>    There are a lot of helpdesk applications on sf.net but a lot of 
> them are on the immature side. What are list members using to track 
> support calls and resolution / kb sort of stuff?

I would have thought Bugzilla would be sufficient, but it really depends 
on your needs, I guess.

>
>    Another area that seems to be lacking on the linux front is Safety 
> Management Software anyone got any experience with this from the 
> OpenSource world?
>
No idea here.


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