Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange

joesmart writes to tell us that new work on OpenChange and KDE seeks to bridge the gap between groupware compatibility and open source. KDE developer Brad Hards spoke at the Linux.conf.au conference and said the goal of OpenChange is to implement the Microsoft Exchange protocols as they are used by Outlook. "OpenChange has client and server-side libraries for Exchange integration and relies heavily on code developed for Samba 4. It is open source software licensed under the GPL version 3. Hards said more work is being done on the client side and 'we have code for the server,' but estimates another 12 months of development is required to produce an OpenChange server ready for production."

Comments

Re:But can they make it suck as much?

[palegray.net]

You're still at -1 Troll, boyeeeeeee.

Re:Here we go again.....

[Anonymous Coward]

why should you attempt to maintain compatibility with a product that you don't even make? Wherein lies the corporate logic in that. Someone isn't your customer if you are using another product. You need to get with corporate thinking if you are going to try and reason out Microsoft's logic. There are 3 concerns in corporations profit, profit, and profit. You will learn padawan