I intend on using either ifolder or M$ Groove.  The biggest advantage
iFolder offers is the possibility of a Mac client, which would be great for
my implementation.  I haven't made a decision yet, but I have been running a
3.6 ifolder server on opensuse for quite some time, just to get the hang of
the software.  We've been using groove for about a year with very few
problems (outside of integrating mac users, which is not easy).
I agree with the previous comments re: ifolder.com.  If I could find up to
date clients, and, hopefully a Mac client, I'd punt M$.



On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Michal Ludvig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Biswajeet Mahapatra wrote:
>
>  iFolder is one of the most sorted after product from Novell and
>> Novell has done a lot of investments in iFolder. We have had a
>> release of iFolder 3.6 last year (September - October 2007) along
>> with OES 2 and this year we will come up with the next version which
>> is iFolder 3.7 (packaged along with OES 2 SP1) .
>>
>
> Is iFolder 3.7 going to be released as an open source at least to the
> extent of iFolder 3.6? Or will it require me to purchase OES2 SP1 to get it?
> That's would be the only thing I need from OES, I don't want eDirectory,
> iManager nor any other related tools. They would be an overkill for the size
> and type of company I work for.
>
>
> http://www.ifolder.com/index.php/Download still links just 3.2 and 3.4
> versions and 3.6 can only be found in one personal folder in OpenSUSE build
> service which doesn't look like a place for an official release...
>
> And how about clients? It's cool to have all OpenSUSE versions supported
> but there are other Linux distros as well and other operating systems.
> Namely MS Windows, now available in Vista version (you may have heard of
> it), and the only Win client I could find seems to be a beta for WinXP.
>
>
> Don't take me wrong, iFolder is indeed a great technology, be it commercial
> or open source. It doesn't really matter. What matters is a lack of a clear
> indication that it's a living project, eventually opensourced in some way,
> supported, maintained, etc. The ifolder.com doesn't help it at all - it's
> full of wiki-spam and outdated misleading information.
>
> I will give it a try with the builds from the Opensuse Build Service but
> will look for alternatives as well (any hints, guys?) as the current
> situation doesn't give me much confidence in the security of investment
> regarding time and effort spent on rolling iFolder out.
>
>
> Michal
>
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