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Client/Server Calendar Program?

Posted by Cliff on from the anything-but-outlook dept.

Dethnyte asks: "At my office, we currently use Calendar Creator Pro, it's just not a very good or user-friendly program for multiple people entering data into a calendar. We don't want to use Outlook or anything that requires a server, or at least a server program we have to pay for. Is there anything Open Source that can help us out? We'd use Sunbird, but it still has too many bugs. We need something simple that can keep dates, multiple schedules, and still be readable when printed out."

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  1. phpgroupware by _aa_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    phpgroupware uses all free and open software. Printer friendly output.

    1. Re:phpgroupware by fuzzybunny · · Score: 5, Informative

      PHPGroupware is nice, but I found PHProjekt to be a bit more stable and simpler, as well as further down the development path (I don't remember why, but I got the impression that the PHPGroupware guys couldn't figure out exactly what they were trying to accomplish.)

      PHProjekt is nice, including multiple profiles, email support, Palm sync, objects, chat, bulletin board, helpdesk, file storage, and a host of other useful stuff. I have set it up for my own company as well as for a number of clients and it works a charm.

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    2. Re:phpgroupware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      That URL should be http://www.phprojekt.com/

      Another project in the same vein is eGroupware (which is a fork of phpGroupWare).

  2. Re:Just get a database solution by samael · · Score: 2, Informative

    Writing your own app really isn't a solution for most people, they have 5000 other things they should be doing with their time.

    Obviously, whatever they use should use a database, but it's the interface and application that actually matter.

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  3. Seconded by samael · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use this for my personal calendar and it works very well. It's not as good for group projects, but it's not bad for free.

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  4. Typo in Link by brianmf · · Score: 4, Informative

    Should be: http://www.phprojekt.com/

  5. OX by Mariani · · Score: 4, Informative

    Open Xchange, (find it here) works marvelous, they have a live demo on their site if you'd like to check it out. It may be a little over-kill though for what you want to do with it (setting up the server is not exactly a walk in the park if you're not a systems guy). But it is free (GPL)