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Evolution 1.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lookout dept.

jdavidb writes: "I pulled up the Ximian redcarpet updater this morning and discovered that Evolution 1.0 is finally available! Now Outlook can start facing some serious competition, although there's still a long way to go. (Evolution does not yet emulate all the Outlook viruses, of course, nor does it integrate with Exchange Server.)" Here's Ximian's full announcement. Update: 12/03 14:59 GMT by T : Nat Friedman of Ximian points out that they're offering a software extension which does allow integration with Exchange 2000. There's good story on the new iteration of Evolution at NewsForge, too.

7 of 425 comments (clear)

  1. Proprietary Exchange-support to follow by havardw · · Score: 5, Informative

    See press release at Ximian's site. Available early next at $69 a pop.

  2. Exchange... by John+Fulmer · · Score: 5, Informative

    >Now Outlook can start facing some serious >competition, although there's still a long way to >go. (Evolution does not yet emulate all the >Outlook viruses, of course, nor does it integrate >with Exchange Server.)

    A better way of putting this is "does not COMPLETELY integrate with Exchange Server". I'm running it with my company's Exchange servers, via IMAP, LDAP, and SMTP, and the only thing not working is Calendar and shared TODO.

  3. installation by nocent · · Score: 4, Informative
    If you already use Ximian GNOME, you can install version 1.0 by subscribing to the Ximian GNOME channel in Red Carpet (System -> Get Software).

    Otherwise, download the binaries or source code.

  4. Re:Were is IBM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I am working at IBM and there are several packages for Lotus Notes (5.04 -> 5.08, even beta 6.0) working on Linux. Rpm and Deb included.. works great. It does use a customized install of wine, but it is very fast and I havent had any problems over the past 6 months using it exclusively

  5. Re:Were is IBM? by Gollo · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those with no access to the IBM intranet, there are a couple of other links that might help.

    here and here

  6. Re:Exchange users will pay more... by Quikah · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually I think they would pay about the same. You have to subtract the client OS license since they will be running Linux instead of Windows. Then once you do that you subtract the Office license since you will be using OpenOffice or StarOffice 6.

    Regardless right now I think they are targetting developers who have a Linux box for development and then a windows box for their administrative stuff (email, office, etc.) They are enabling the devleoper to get rid of the Windows box. Should this prove successful (and OpenOffice/Staroffice 6 actually works well) I think they will start to target the general business user.

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  7. As has already been said by two posters... by luge · · Score: 5, Informative

    I repeat it since I have points and the mods aren't bothering to read at 0 today:
    The plugin runs as a component, not a library, so the communication is via a CORBA interface. Since no linking occurs (merely CORBA communication) there is no GPL violation, nor any need to re-license.

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