> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Missing software (may a bit OT, sorry)
>
>
> > Lots of people are complaing about the lack of software,
> and that makes
> > Linux a bad choice for the desktop.
> >
> > Any ideas on what kind of software that is missing on
> Linux, just in case
> > someone has a few spare month over it would be good to know
> about good
> > projects....
>
> I can only speak for my own company, but IMHO an open-source drop-in
> replacement for MS Exchange server, capable of serving the
> scheduler and
> addressbook stuff in Outlook etc. along with the email part
> would open up a
> LOT of opportunities to replace NT servers in small/medium
> businesses where
> replacing the desktop OS is not an option today.
Take a look at Ximian Evolution--it is coming along.
> On the desktop side of things, I think the MS Office suite with its
> "standard" file formats doc/xls/ppt is the most important
> area that needs
> work. The typical end user doesn't care if it's called
> "Windows" or "Linux"
> as long as the word processor menus are *identical* and files
> can be moved
> between the two.
What about WordPerfect. Very similar on both Windows and Linux.
>
>
>
> Andreas Lund ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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