Re: Linux Petition
Geo <[email protected]>
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On Tuesday 03 April 2012 15:40:57 John Hearns wrote: > On 03/04/2012, Alain Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > They way to the desktop is to replace the applications, one by one > > > (firefox, > > > > OoO, ...), until for most people the underlying operating system is > > irrelevant > > as the apps that they use work under most things: MS Windows, Linux, > > OS/X. > > I couldn't agree with you more. > That's what Joe User wants - he or she doesn't give a stuff about the OS. > Joe User however quite frequently gets hostile to Jim Computerbuff > when non-Windows operating systems are being proposed - what they > REALLY mean is "Whine whine.... it doesn't run Outlook/Office" > > > Regarding MS Exchange. Is there yet a *good* free drop in replacement, ie > > one > > that lets people continue to use MS Outlook, will also play with > > Thunderbird & > > Evolution ? > > It is the shared calendaring which makes Outlook a lock-in to many > companies. People depend on it very closely for their day to day work. > -- > Gllug mailing list - [email protected] > http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug John, a bunch of Masonic sites use Keepandshare.com's calendar services for co-ordinating meeting & social events. The free version allows viewing by friend / group nominated by the calendar owner. The bought version (29USD/per annum ) will notify all concerned of any new events entered on the calendar. YMMV -- Geo WEST of World Famous Kew Botanical Gardens & Kew Steam museum EAST of London Heathrow the world's busiest airport -- Gllug mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug