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Lotus 'Agenda' Returns as Open-Source 'Chandler'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the chander-fritz dept.

RobotRunAmok writes "Before there was Outlook, or Evolution, or The Brain, there was Lotus Agenda, a DOS-based Personal Information Manager created by Mitch Kapor. Wired is reporting that Kapor is throwing 5 Million USD at the Open Source Applications Foundation to create an open-source resurrection of this PIM-Of-The-Gods in the form of Chandler, available now as an alpha for Windows, Linux, and Mac. For the Agenda hardcore among us, it's as though Atlantis is rising..."

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  1. Chandler Bing? by smooth+wombat · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Oh, my, God!"

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  2. And yes, another friends quote. by korneel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Somebody is working late THIS weekend" I hope it gets a nice web interface and ajax and will be synchronising with my PDA.

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    I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.
  3. I tried chandler a few months back... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    it reminded me of what it felt like to run Swing apps on a Pentium 100. A web app could do everything chandler attempts yet could be feature complete in 2-3 months. The only remotely positive thing I have to say is about Chandler is this, it serves as a great illustration of the foolishness in utilizing the python runtime for desktop applications.