[techtalk] warm/fuzzy alternatives to outlook?

srl slandrum at cs.smith.edu
Fri May 5 16:05:57 EST 2000


On Fri, 5 May 2000, GeekGrrl wrote:

> A lot of places pressure one to use Outlook/MS Office because of the
> calendaring features. While StarOffice has this too, it's pretty
> difficult to convince the Execs to convert after they spent all this money
> on licensing, installation, maintenance, personnel, updates...
> 
> Not to mention they'd have to convert their appointments from one program
> to the other. And learn new software. StarOffice has a Windows version, so
> they wouldn't have to switch OS, necessarily.

from what i've heard, the software that Helix Code is working on
(Evolution, see www.helixcode.com) is aimed directly at being an Outlook
killer and the mail-client-of-the-ghods. 

srl
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