Comments on: Question of the Day: Would you Dump Outlook for an Open Source version from Zimbra? http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:44:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ExTechie http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-120657 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:43:21 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-120657 I’m not a Microsoft lover, but… I wouldn’t switch to Zimbra quite yet, because you will loose some functionality. Until Zimbra supports some of the basic functionality available in Outlook – like Private Appointments – and has an offline capability, I’ll stay with Outlook as my UI (albeit on top of Zimbra via the Zimbra/Outlook connector). For those of you thinking about dumping Outlook in favor of Zimbra, I’d suggest a side-by-side parallel test for a while to see if you can live with some of the functionality limitations. I’m not a Microsoft lover, but…

I wouldn’t switch to Zimbra quite yet, because you will loose some functionality. Until Zimbra supports some of the basic functionality available in Outlook – like Private Appointments – and has an offline capability, I’ll stay with Outlook as my UI (albeit on top of Zimbra via the Zimbra/Outlook connector). For those of you thinking about dumping Outlook in favor of Zimbra, I’d suggest a side-by-side parallel test for a while to see if you can live with some of the functionality limitations.

]]> by: Will http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-9898 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-9898 I personally love Outlook and who the hell wants to use POP3? I personally love Outlook and who the hell wants to use POP3?

]]> by: Wes http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-4861 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:35:45 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-4861 Thunderbird, I now see was a mere infatuation. I was in love with Firefox, so I thought Thunderbird was the answer to email. After a while, I didn't like her any more. I told her to leave. You can throw as many extensions as you want, T-Bird just ISN'T as solid as FFox. Sorry. It's not well-rounded. Sure, with one extension I can view what time it is in Yuposau, Bulgaria or whatever, but it JUST ISN'T what outlook offers, and the new calendar is just taking too long to come out. Sorry, I thought I was in love with you T-Bird, but I'm not, give me back the key to my apartment. Otherwise, I've been begging Dreamhost to offer Zimbra, no luck I'm afraid. Zimbra is solid, full featured, and much more accessible than something on desktop, or the lacking Squirrelmail that dreamhost currently offers. That's just my $ 0.02.... Thunderbird, I now see was a mere infatuation. I was in love with Firefox, so I thought Thunderbird was the answer to email. After a while, I didn’t like her any more. I told her to leave. You can throw as many extensions as you want, T-Bird just ISN’T as solid as FFox. Sorry. It’s not well-rounded. Sure, with one extension I can view what time it is in Yuposau, Bulgaria or whatever, but it JUST ISN’T what outlook offers, and the new calendar is just taking too long to come out. Sorry, I thought I was in love with you T-Bird, but I’m not, give me back the key to my apartment. Otherwise, I’ve been begging Dreamhost to offer Zimbra, no luck I’m afraid. Zimbra is solid, full featured, and much more accessible than something on desktop, or the lacking Squirrelmail that dreamhost currently offers. That’s just my $ 0.02….

]]> by: TechCrunch http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3036 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:41:28 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3036 <strong>Zimbra - Web/Ajax Based Outlook Application</strong> Company: Zimbra Founded: 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA Overview We saw that really well done Ajax web applications like Writely can open people’s eyes to the future of the computing and the place that web 2.0 has in that future. When you firs... Zimbra - Web/Ajax Based Outlook Application

Company: Zimbra
Founded: 2003
Location: San Mateo, CA
Overview
We saw that really well done Ajax web applications like Writely can open people’s eyes to the future of the computing and the place that web 2.0 has in that future.
When you firs…

]]> by: Jon http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3012 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:11:49 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3012 I would love an alternative to Outlook, but all of you talking about Thunderbird need to tell me how to connect that to my exchange mailbox. Until it can do that, Thunderbird is not a viable alternative. I would love an alternative to Outlook, but all of you talking about Thunderbird need to tell me how to connect that to my exchange mailbox. Until it can do that, Thunderbird is not a viable alternative.

]]> by: John http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3006 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 06:59:27 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3006 Whats Outlook? is it a mail program? if it is, theres this thing called Thunderbird....its really great! /sarcasm off Whats Outlook? is it a mail program? if it is, theres this thing called Thunderbird….its really great! /sarcasm off

]]> by: Benjamin http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3001 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:59:49 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3001 Nope won't leave Outlook till there is something better that supports Exchange and even then it'll be hard to beat. I personally love Outlook and who the hell wants to use POP3?? Having access to ALL your mail, ALL the time, no matter where you are in the world or what computer your on with pretty much every feature that you get on full Outlook and if you're using RPC of HTTP then on Outlook it self is hard to beat. moocower.blogspot.com Nope won’t leave Outlook till there is something better that supports Exchange and even then it’ll be hard to beat. I personally love Outlook and who the hell wants to use POP3?? Having access to ALL your mail, ALL the time, no matter where you are in the world or what computer your on with pretty much every feature that you get on full Outlook and if you’re using RPC of HTTP then on Outlook it self is hard to beat.

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]]> by: KirkH http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3000 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:44:52 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-3000 This could be a golden opportunity for Yahoo, MSN, or Google to contribute to an open source project. Imagine 20 Yahoo engineers helping out on this and using it to replace their aging mail interface. Capitalism and cooperation aren't mutually exclusive. This could be a golden opportunity for Yahoo, MSN, or Google to contribute to an open source project. Imagine 20 Yahoo engineers helping out on this and using it to replace their aging mail interface. Capitalism and cooperation aren’t mutually exclusive.

]]> by: Dave Barnes http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-2999 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:12:55 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-2999 I played with Zimbra for about an hour. As of today, I would not dump my Eudora + Now Contact/Now Up-to-Date. I played with Zimbra for about an hour.
As of today, I would not dump my Eudora + Now Contact/Now Up-to-Date.

]]> by: Adam West http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-2998 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:54:21 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1811#comment-2998 New open-source software is all well and good, but I think I'll stick to Firefox's little brother Thunderbird. New open-source software is all well and good, but I think I’ll stick to Firefox’s little brother Thunderbird.

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