Outlook, Evolution and Kontact Side-by-Side

gaijincory writes "Opensourceversus.com has put together a nice side-by-side comparison of Microsoft Outlook, Evolution and KDE's Kontact groupware programs. The screenshots delve in to the nitty gritty details and should help in making an informed choice, if nothing else. This is a follow up to their comparison of the Outlook Express and Thunderbird e-mail clients."

Comments

Re:No information - what I would like to see is

[cahiha]

This sort of eyecandy is very nice to look at, but utterly useless.

Actually, the only thing that's useless is your comment. You know full well that third party software cannot reliably connect with Exchange servers, and you also know full well that the reason is that Microsoft keeps them proprietary and non-interoperable.

Fortunately, increasingly, that doesn't matter because Microsoft's outdated, insecure, and proprietary protocols are being replaced by open standards.

So, why don't you crawl back into the intellectual hole you came from and commune with your Exchange servers and buggy Microsoft Email clients, while the rest of us enjoy our choice in high-quality free software.

Can I handle my 2 Gb of PST files with Evolution and Kontact? If not,

2G is about where Outlook irreparably damages your mailbox, so I would say that you are probably approaching the point where Outlook can't handle your PST files anymore either. Oh, and don't forget that PST is proprietary, too, so you will not be able to migrate your mail easily to anything else.

Re:No information - what I would like to see is

[popeyethesailor]

Oh FSCK OFF. Seriously.

Somebody actually asks a relevant,on-topic question requesting a comparison of actual product features, and all you could do was blather about proprietary software?

News for you: Proprietary software gets reverse engineered all the time. Ever wondered how Google Desktop search so nicely indexes all the Outlook emails ? Not to mention every mail server nowadays support POP/IMAP. Including Exchange and Lotus notes.

And Outlook 2003 is the best damn email client available. Ever wondered why your "high-quality free software" email clients look so much like Outlook ?

Have you actually worked in a Corporate environment? Do you even understand why people need Calendaring and scheduling?

If not, SHUT THE FSCK UP.

Re:Windows and Linux

[VStrider]

And the Gimp is equally FULLY SUPPORTED in Windowze, I can see you are just flamebaiting... ask the people who made the Gimp how much "more" they support The Gimp for windows and for Linux... WTF are you barfing about?... I do not know why am I answering to your comment...

Gimp is "more" supported in windows???!! Did you get that from Microsoft's "Get the facts"? Here's some facts for you windows fanboy, Gimp is built on GTK which is a Linux API. Think Win32 the Linux way. The windows port needs the GTK windows port as well. A GTK app will never feel windows native to you because they're not. The devs were kind enough to port GTK to windows so you get to play with our toys. Thank them and STFU.

Re:Where is Gmail on the list?

[carcosa30]

Yeah, the problem with any webmail is obviously the fact that you don't control the server it's on, etc etc.

It's a double-edged sword, though. Which is more stable, your personal network or Google's? I do forward my mail from gmail to my local machine where it gets backed up. And all the browser is is a user interface.

Seriously, get the fuck over yourself.