Recently we have started making 30 day evaluation versions of our software available for download after prospects register. An email containing a username and password is sent to the registrant a few hours after submission.
If I go to the trouble of filling out a form, I want to evaluate the software. a few hours later I've gone on to other things, perhaps including finding other alternatives. You need (IMHO) to make the username/pwd available immediately to up your download count.
Check out phpGroupware. http://www.phpgroupware.org/ [phpgroupware.org] It works. Well.
From the phpgroupware website (emphasis added):
phpGroupWare is a multi-user web-based groupware suite written in PHP. It also provides an API for developing additional applications.
This program is currently in the beta stages, and is intended for developers.
This doesn't look to me like something I'd be willing to take to a manager (or a client - I'm a consultant) and say "this will replace Groupwise (or Exchange)".
Update: 03/22 12:52 GMT by M: We jumped the gun. Google only relisted Xenu.net's homepage (where the copyright claims by Scientology were clearly bogus), not the rest of the pages listed in Scientology's DMCA complaint.
A site-specific search shows that Google hasn't removed other xenu.net pages. Try this search:
The online New York Times site (http://www.nytimes.com)
requires registration in order to access the site. However, I
keep forgetting my registration information. Therefore, I
have created this page to help me re-register. This webpage
uses JavaScript to randomly fill in a form with new
information.
This case will be decided for Elcomsoft. If they lose, it means that being on the Internet holds you liable to *any* countries' commercial laws
According to the CNN article I read, Elcomsoft has a US office and a US webserver located in Chicago. IANAL but ISTM that gives them a legal US presence and subjects them at least partly to US laws.
That's always been the thing that turn people off to using OpenBSD.
You got that right. Last month I started what turned into a flamewar on openbsd-misc with a simple suggestion that there was a need for an easy-to-set-up-firewall-distrib. There are now two mailing lists working on just such a project, so as not to/. them;-), those of you who are really interested can go/. the openbsd-misc archives and track them down.
And here's another commercial product -- this one hardware -- that bonds two broadband connections:
ISB Pro800turbo Internet Sharing Box for DSL, Cable, ISDN & Analog Connections
2 Modem Ports that Load Balance 2 Broadband Connections
Do a google searching on bonding broadband and you'll turn up lots more.
In keeping with the original poster's subject, dlsreports.com has a forum on business connectivity, and in that forum I found a thread on bonding two bb connections -- I'm sure there's much more there.
by bonding multiple DSL or T-1 connections into one faster connection, independent of the provider infrastructure...
 : ePipe ServerWare load balances Internet traffic and provides scalable data bandwidth between locations across multiple analog, ISDN, wireless, T-1, Frame Relay or ADSL links. This provides incremental bandwidth management over a range of connection and network types, removing the cost barrier of dedicated high-speed data services.
Works over any link type (DSL/T1/cable as well as ISDN/PSTN and wireless)
FatPipe Super Stream, a lower speed version of FatPipe Xtreme, is our number one product for small businesses and branch offices that require redundancy, reliability and speed of their wide area networks. Stream aggregates any combination of multiple T1, DSL, ISDN and Wireless connections up to 2Mbps, to provide highly reliable and redundant Internet access for small offices. Like all FatPipe products, Super Stream will bond over multiple ISPs and backbones without the need for third party cooperation from vendors.
but I haven't been able to find an open-source equivalent.
6. Prohibited Uses of the Service 2. In addition, Customer agrees not to:
viii.... AND CUSTOMER AGREES NOT TO USE THE SERVICE... AS AN END-POINT ON A NON-COMCAST LOCAL AREA NETWORK OR WIDE AREA NETWORK, OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VPN (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK) OR A VPN TUNNELING PROTOCOL;
Admittedly, the next paragraph is this:
or
connect the Comcast Equipment to any computer outside of the Customer's premises.
so you're right in part...
However, and this is why lawyers have fun with contracts, further down in this same agreement is this paragraph:
9 Service Characteristics.
File and Print Sharing....Comcast therefore recommends that the Customer connect only a single computer to the Service and that the Customer disable file and print sharing and other capabilities that allow users to gain access to the Customer's computer. Any Customer who chooses to participate in the Service using other than a single computer...
which implies to me that connecting more than one computer is OK by them...
I guess this is why lawyers have so much fun with techies. YIF, ASF
Find another ISP. Refuse to use Lookout or MSN Exploder. In Tucson Qwest DSL customers have the same options, and there are several local ISPs that will be happy to take your business. AZStarnet.com is one.
I use QWest DSL for all my business clients, but we're not being forced to MSN...
See Reach Out and Touch Someone and some more followups in Cringely/Old Hat. Admittedly, he used 802.11b wireless for less than 10 miles, but maybe you can extend the technology somehow.
It's not free or OSS, but HP has OpenMail http://www.openmail.com/cyc/om/00/index.html "...a UNIX and Linux based messaging and collaboration solution, currently used by 60% of global 1000 companies..." which also support LookOut calendaring.
A google search for "open source" "exchange replacement" turned up "The Exchange Server Replacement HOWTO" and Nick Petreley's commentary on why HP is dumping OpenMail, in which he comments "that HP OpenMail [is] a better Exchange than Microsoft Exchange".
An earlier slashdot story talked about an up-and-coming replacement for Exchange from Ximian , but I can't find anything on their site.
Bynari (www.bynari.net) makes a product called Insight Server which, while not free, less costly than Exchange and runs on Linux. Again, no experience with it. Links on their site point to something called tradeclient (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tradeclient or http://tradeclient.sourceforge.net/) that is a Linux client for their Insight server (don't know/can't tell if it'll do Exchange server as well), and something called TradeServer shows up on their site, which is unfortunately difficult to find stuff on.
You sound like the people who keep claiming that global warming is not yet proven, that it is too early to act on what science has already told us.
"There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics." This famous aphorism, often attributed to Mark Twain, can be said another way: "Don't always believe everything you read."
Science "tells us" lots of things... much "scientific" research, including much of the global-warming "research", is done to support the political point-of-view of the researcher. And the way it is written up is further coloured by the bias of the reporter.
A detailed survey commissioned by the Home Office has failed to establish a clear link between violent videos and aggressive behaviour by youngsters, it emerged on Wednesday.
Pricing and Availability
Kylix is available in three versions: Server Developer for professional and corporate Apache Web developers for $1999, Desktop Developer for professional application developers for $999, and Open Edition for open source and free software (GPL) development only will be available for free download or for purchase at $99 (with hardcopy documentation and CD). Kylix Server Developer and Kylix Desktop Developer will be generally available before the end of the first quarter 2001. Kylix Open Edition will be available by mid-2001. For more information about Kylix, please visit the Borland Web site, http://www.borland.com/kylix.
I found essentially the same para. in a different BorLink: http://www.borland.com/about/press/2001/kylix_rele ase.html
Slashdot Mirror
If I go to the trouble of filling out a form, I want to evaluate the software. a few hours later I've gone on to other things, perhaps including finding other alternatives. You need (IMHO) to make the username/pwd available immediately to up your download count.
The new one is still "Directory Listing Denied" ...
Note that you go to jail or pay big fines for evading taxes. You don't go to jail or pay fines for not using IE.
ASF
From the phpgroupware website (emphasis added): This doesn't look to me like something I'd be willing to take to a manager (or a client - I'm a consultant) and say "this will replace Groupwise (or Exchange)".
Got any better ideas?
Angus
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:xenu.net+scie
Spoke too fast, it isn't working. Nice idea, though ...
Both compgeeks and CSO have laptops right now, Geeks have two under Thinkpad PIIs for under $500 and CSO has some (dead ones) for $249.
That said, I think Elcomsoft *_should_* win
That's always been the thing that turn people off to using OpenBSD.
/. them ;-), those of you who are really interested can go /. the openbsd-misc archives and track them down.
You got that right. Last month I started what turned into a flamewar on openbsd-misc with a simple suggestion that there was a need for an easy-to-set-up-firewall-distrib. There are now two mailing lists working on just such a project, so as not to
And here's another commercial product -- this one hardware -- that bonds two broadband connections:
ISB Pro800turbo
Internet Sharing Box for DSL, Cable, ISDN & Analog Connections
2 Modem Ports that Load Balance 2 Broadband Connections
Do a google searching on bonding broadband and you'll turn up lots more.
In keeping with the original poster's subject, dlsreports.com has a forum on business connectivity, and in that forum I found a thread on bonding two bb connections -- I'm sure there's much more there.
TANSTAAFL - There's No Such Thing As A Free LAN
I think there's a commercial product that does this: Fatpipe http://www.fatpipeinc.com/stream.htm. From the above page,but I haven't been able to find an open-source equivalent.
TANSTAAFL - There's No Such Thing As A Free LAN
6. Prohibited Uses of the Service
2. In addition, Customer agrees not to:
Admittedly, the next paragraph is this: so you're right in part
9 Service Characteristics. which implies to me that connecting more than one computer is OK by them
I guess this is why lawyers have so much fun with techies.
YIF, ASF
Find another ISP. Refuse to use Lookout or MSN Exploder. In Tucson Qwest DSL customers have the same options, and there are several local ISPs that will be happy to take your business. AZStarnet.com is one.
...
I use QWest DSL for all my business clients, but we're not being forced to MSN
See Reach Out and Touch Someone and some more followups in Cringely/Old Hat. Admittedly, he used 802.11b wireless for less than 10 miles, but maybe you can extend the technology somehow.
One followup which might be of interest is the suggestion to become the broadband supplier for your town: Roll Your Own: Not Only Can You Do Your Own DSL, Here's How to Become a Broadband Tycoon at the Same Time -- if you could do that and get enough 802.11b customers locally (meaning no wires to string), you could justify some up-front costs.
HTH
Followup to my last, see also See also http://www.e-nef.com/CGI/MachineInfo.html and ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/linux
Outlook-like apps for Linux were discussed on Slashdot a few years ago http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/98/10/02/1729257.s html, and that discussion may have some (dated) info that might help.
It's not free or OSS, but HP has OpenMail http://www.openmail.com/cyc/om/00/index.html "...a UNIX and Linux based messaging and collaboration solution, currently used by 60% of global 1000 companies..." which also support LookOut calendaring.
A google search for "open source" "exchange replacement" turned up "The Exchange Server Replacement HOWTO" and Nick Petreley's commentary on why HP is dumping OpenMail, in which he comments "that HP OpenMail [is] a better Exchange than Microsoft Exchange".
An earlier slashdot story talked about an up-and-coming replacement for Exchange from Ximian , but I can't find anything on their site.
Bynari (www.bynari.net) makes a product called Insight Server which, while not free, less costly than Exchange and runs on Linux. Again, no experience with it. Links on their site point to something called tradeclient (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tradeclient or http://tradeclient.sourceforge.net/) that is a Linux client for their Insight server (don't know/can't tell if it'll do Exchange server as well), and something called TradeServer shows up on their site, which is unfortunately difficult to find stuff on.
Did you STFW first?
A quick search of http://sourceforge.net/search/ for "inventory" turned up LHinv at http://sourceforge.net/projects/lhinv/, which looks like it will help. So does http://phpmyinventory.sourceforge.net/
(From http://websearch.about.com/library/weekly/aa08109
Science "tells us" lots of things
Counter-example from BBC Online: "No conclusive link between videos and violence"
They must keep changing this location. I had a different IP address in my hosts file:
...
# Fri 01-19-2001
208.48.26.217 www.nytimes.com
They also keep changing the "archives" prefix, as that used to be "partners"
I found essentially the same para. in a different BorLink: http://www.borland.com/about/press/2001/kylix_rel