German Government Commissions KDE Groupware System

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German Government Commissions KDE Groupware System

Posted by timothy on Friday September 13, 2002 @03:18AM from the paid-to-scratch-itches dept.

tankengine writes "The German government has ordered a full-blown open-source groupware solution for KDE, to be delivered by the end of this year. It will consist of a server made of standard OSS components (Apache, Postfix, LDAP, etc) called Kolab, and a KDE client. The contractors are aiming for functional equivalence to MS Exchange and Outlook 2000."

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I hate all linux nerds by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-13 03:21 · Score: -1, Troll

give it up. Microsoft is your daddy.

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Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-13 03:22 · Score: -1, Troll

I jsut heard some sad news on talk radio - horror/fiction writer Stephen King was found dead in his Florida home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure the entire slashdot community will miss him; even if you weren't a fan of his work there's no denying his contribution to popular culture. He will be sorely missed, truly an American icon.
1. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-13 03:27 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  FWIW, he has a summer home in Florida you uneducated knob slobber. Go lick your boyfriend's crusty anus for about an hour and then log onto CNN or someother slow-ass news site and read about it. But you'll probably be busy browsing for gay porn while drinking a sperm milkshake with soy milk, you hippie faggot.
Imagine by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-13 03:25 · Score: -1, Troll

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these! Or a beowulf cluster of these.
MODERATE PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-13 03:40 · Score: -1, Troll

That is the funniest thing I have ever seen! I've been laughing at it for the past 15 minutes and so have my co-workers! Damn! This guy is sharp! HOLY SHIT!
HAHAHA!
Just now ?!?? by dh5fbr · 2002-09-13 03:47 · Score: 0, Troll

I wonder how far elections are part of this decision.
Unfair competition by laetus · 2002-09-13 03:53 · Score: -1, Troll

I'm no big fan of Microsoft, but does anyone else find it disturbing that a nation state is "ordering" development of software that it knows will directly compete with that provided by the private sector (aka, MS Office, Corel, etc.)?

Smells like an unfair subsidy to the German software industry, even though the eventual product will be open source.

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Mozilla Groupware Suite? by Yonder+Way · 2002-09-13 04:06 · Score: 0, Troll

You've got to be kidding me. It can't even handle being a web browser without periodically locking up.
Re:Taxes by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-13 04:12 · Score: -1, Troll

Germany is always looking for good socialists, such as yourself. You do remember what NAZI stands for, don't you?
I can see it now... by dotgod · 2002-09-13 04:26 · Score: 0, Troll

Now the trolls are not only going to call linux users commies, now we're gonna be called nazi's as well.
Re:What about the Kompany? by krogoth · 2002-09-13 05:14 · Score: 1, Troll

What about them? Should slashdot provide a full update on every competing/remotely similar system?

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Re:Taxes by quax · 2002-09-13 09:20 · Score: 0, Troll

Well, I am German and I appreciate this very much. Maybe this way we get even for all the money that Germay has to hand over to the states every time they decide to invade Iraq. No to mention the fact that I already have to pay higher gas prices because of the advance of the next superfluous war in the Middle East.