Staf Verhaegen wrote: > Jim George wrote: > >>On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 04:21:19 -0700 (PDT) >>Nicholas Wourms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>>Now that's a good idea! >>>> >>>>Has anyone heard what happened to the port of Evolution? Someone >>>>said (I think) that there was to be a port to cygwin? >>>> >>> >>>Jim, >>> >>>The last I heard, evolution has been around for millions of years, >>>give or take an eon. Seriously though, I would be hard pressed to >>>use that piece of s**t. That turncoat Miguel deIcaza is being quite >>>the hypocrite by keeping the "Exchange" server access functionality >>>closed source (and for a fee). You see I was in the community when >>>the whole Rasterman/deIcaza merger happened and the e-desktop became >>>gnome. I rember how he evangilized free software and the opensource >>>movement, and scoffed at anyone who didn't release the source to the >>>software they were working on. Personally, I will not use GNOME >>>because of this [KDE is better anyhow], and if I could get away with >>>it, I wouldn't use gtk either. As for evolution, it is too bulky, >>>too buggy, and just plain ugly. Stick with Sylpheed or better yet, >>>Pine! >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Nicholas >>> >> >>Nicholas, >> >> boy did I touch a nerve ;) >> >> As it happens I like both sylpheed and pine (especially the latter, if only >that could become a GUI). >> >> However I have to say that Evolution is probably the strongest Linux x-mail >client I've come across in all my years with Linux. It's a real shame that deIcaza >should have sold out in this way as it would have been a real killer application in >the workplace. > > > Everything De Icaza and Ximian does is open source except one peace of code > that is used to connect to an expensive propriety email server. Without this > connector thing evolution email client is fully usable and open source as is > ximian gnome, red carpet, mono, ... > > Staf. > > PS: Live would be so much easier when people would just try having fun with > computing and not consider it as some kind of religion. Live would be so much > easier when people would not try to tell to other people what they should like > or should not like.
Anything further regarding the merits of Evolution, etc. is off topic for this mailing list. Harold
