2008/6/4 Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us>: > On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Lin Ma wrote: >>> >>> DESCRIPTION >>> The Common Desktop Environment (aka CDE) has been deprecated >>> and will be removed in a future release of Solaris. Please >>> move to the Java Desktop System (aka JDS). >>> >>> Move to what??? >> Should be Thunderbird+lightning and Evolution. >> Try to use them and file RFEs if you think they miss something. > > As mentioned on this list before, these are large cumbersome email > programs which just happen to provide a calendar sub-component. They > provide no satisfaction at all for those who do not want to use > Thunderbird or Evolution as their email program. > > CDE's dtcm does not prescribe/require use of a particular email > program. What is needed is a stand alone calendar program which > provides sufficient hooks in order to deliver an email-based > notification message. It is useful if email-based notification is > done via a daemon component so that it does not require that the user > remain logged in to a particular desktop in order to be notified. > > The function of a calendar program is not just to display a calendar. > It also provides a critical notification function of scheduled events > so that the user can be notified of obligations at the appropriate > times. > > Please don't force me to use /usr/bin/calendar again.
I suspect Sunbird would be a more appropriate choice. -- Shawn Walker
