Jeff MacDonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030607 08:35]: > >> I would question that. I just set my highly non-technical > >> wife up with > >> FreeBSD 4.8, KDE 3.1, Mozilla Firebird 0.6 (Linux binary) and > >> OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 (Linux binary, as mentioned on this > >> list ;-). It does > >> require an administrator to at least run the ports or packages, but > >> any office network will need an administrator. > >> The only thing still missing is a drop-in replacement for > >> Outlook. Other > >> than that, it's probably more usable than Windows, and a Windows user > >> should have no trouble.
> Evolution is a pretty good drop in replacement for outlook. I heard somewhere (don't recall where) that the Ximian proprietary program that interfaces Evolution to an Exchange server is actually a screen scraper for Outlook Web Access. Sounds a little implausible to me (what about all the funky calendar functions?), but could be a start on an open-source tool of that function. - d. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"