Gents Thanks for the responses. I'll ask Mr Google some questions and see what I find out.
Ian -----Original Message----- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Jon Spriggs Sent: 15 December 2009 11:09 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Web Collabaration I really like the Horde groupware suite. Check it out over at horde.org Regards, -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified 2009/12/14 Ian Pascoe <softy.lofty....@btinternet.com>: > Folks > > Before I ask the question, my hand is firmly in the air admitting to the > fact that apart from some HTML coding, I have no web programming experience. > With that being said, I'm looking for a FOS project, Operating System > independant, that will allow a number of different organisations to > collaborate on a single system. These organisations would be filling in > data against an individual, and the individual would need to be able to see > all the data relevant to them only, from each organisation. The data being > represented would be one of three different types - membership including > personal information, current qualifications and when testing is next > required, and activity scheduling. Individual's privacy and security is > paramount, so the system would need to be protected by a secure login - > OpenID would be a fine option I believe. > > If there were modules that would allow, for instance, mailing of upcoming > activities and training sessions that would certainly be a boost, or even a > module to allow for printing of such items, or getting really carried away, > texting. > > I have a feeling that Droople falls into this category, and certainly seems > to have a multitude of modules, but is rather scary for someone like me > starting out from scratch Are there other alternatives that would offer > such a collabaration? > > I have no objection to learning more about a particular project, but I don't > really want to spend a number of months on one project to find out that it's > limitations or direction don't actually match what I'm looking for. > > So, to add to the wish list, something that does not require an in depth > knowledge of web technologies, but can be merely bolted together, some > configuration and form design done in a nice GUI environment and is happy to > reside on either a VPS or an actual physical box. Lastly, the ability to > link instances of the project across different remote independant servers > would be nice. > > I've used MS's SharePoint system at a previous job, and this appears to have > the basics I'm looking for, but it has it's own set of problems, apart from > the obvious one! > > Thanks > > Ian > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
