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Petition to Get Ximian Connector Ported to Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the stick-it-to-the-man dept.

babbage writes "There has been some talk recently on various mailing lists about getting a Mac OS X version of Ximian Connector extension to Evolution, which allows Evolution to interact with Microsoft Exchange 2000 servers much as Microsoft Outlook can. It is already possible to build and run Gnome and Evolution on Mac OS X, thanks largely to projects such as Fink. Ximian is aware of this interest, and has indicated that if enough users expressed a serious interest in buying the product -- the target number was 500 paying users -- they would be willing to produce a Mac OS X port of Connector. To that end, I've set up an petition to help gauge user interest."

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  1. So what you're saying is... by Rope_a_Dope · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me get this straight. You want people on Slashdot to admit to using Microsoft Exchange?

  2. A fortune waiting to be made by d0n+quix0te · · Score: 4, Informative

    To the first good, cocoa based exchange compatible client. I can easily see 100k-500k licenses. I bet, Ximian can make more money on a OS X native exchange client than anything else.

    But these guys seem to be blinded by the GNU cause and don't want to make money.

    Think about it Entourage is priced at $150. And lacks Exchange or group scheduling functionality.
    Make a cocoa based PIM with group scheduling and exchange support. You can sell it for $100-$150. Even at a modest 50,000-100,000 units sold that is $5-10 million dollars. This is not improbable given that the number of OS X customers by year end is ~3 million.

    Ximian should get off their ass, hire a Cocoa programmer and develop such a product.