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Novell To Release Ximian Connector Under GPL

Posted by timothy on from the free-software-creeping-in-and-leaping-in dept.

ashmodai9 writes "According to this article on LinuxToday.com as well as this press release directly from their site, Novell announced that its "Connector for MS Exchange Server would be integrated into Evolution 2.0 and made available as open source, beginning today with the current Connector 1.4." Apparently, downloads will be available for the current version of Evolution starting May 14th." Thanks to reader crafterm, a snippet from Novell's Connector website: "With the Connector for Microsoft Exchange installed, Evolution functions as an Exchange client, enabling users to become full participants in company-wide group scheduling and other collaborative tasks. Linux and Solaris users can access public folders, Global Address Lists, email, calendar, task lists, and group scheduling information." Update: 05/11 17:58 GMT by T : In related news, ChiralSoftware writes "Codeweavers' long-awaited sequel to Crossover 2.1 is here. Just like the old version, the new version lets you install MS Office on Linux desktops. The new version adds support for Outlook XP, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Project."

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  1. Apache? by sab39 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ok, by the time I post this 300 other people will have said the same thing, but how come this is filed under "apache"?

  2. Re:Novell owns Evolution?? by ClippyHater · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Perhaps when they purchased Ximian?

    Looks like Novell renamed Evolution to Novell Evolution.

  3. Re:Novell owns Evolution?? by rgmoore · · Score: 0, Redundant
    When did Novell pick up ownership of Evolution??

    When they bought Ximian.

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  4. Re:Novell owns Evolution?? by Zardus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Novel picked up ownership of Evolution when they bought ximian, the developer of Evolution, at the end of last summer. Since then they've also bought SuSE.

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  5. Re:Novell owns Evolution?? by dago · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't novell bought Ximian some times ago ?

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