On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:18:52 +0100 Jim Price wrote: > On 27/07/10 21:33, Grant Sewell wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:14:05 +0100 > > Jim Price wrote: > > >> It's all going to help at some point I suspect. > > > > You could go down the Google Apps route - mail, document space with > > the ability to share between users (and have them work on the > > document simultaneously, which takes a bit of getting used to). > > There are plenty of CRM and ERP systems that integrate with the > > Google Apps "single sign-on" way of things. Since you can enable > > IMAP/SMTP support relatively easily, you don't have to use the > > GMail interface for mail - you can use whatever client you want, so > > having Ubuntu on the desktop would be relatively easy. > > There's a lot to like about Google Apps, but it might not match up > with my perceived need to avoid lock-in wherever possible. I think > their pricing is a little like the timeshare model, where they are > pitching it against how you could do it with other proprietary models > rather than how much it costs them to do it plus a reasonable profit. > I will continue to keep my eye on it though, and use gmail for > personal use of course.
That's why I like the "Standard" edition. Free for up-to 50 user accounts. Some things don't get rolled-out to "Standard" domains, but frequently these are things that aren't going to make a *huge* impact... and they seem to get rolled-out to the "Standard" domains after a while anyway. Grant. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
