If I might suggest something not open source (aahhh!).. not free..
(aaaaahhh!).. check out 37signals. Its the good stuff.
ben
Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote:
I am helping a good friend of mine review his options for collaboration
between tech savvy users that are collaborating on projects over the
intarwebs. They have a few objectives:
1. Manage coverage of a physical facility/project (Ie, bill is on from
9-2, sam is on from 1-5-- fairly simple)
2. Manage sales calendars (again, fairly simple -- nothing too complex)
3. Share files between users
4. Have a forum for discussion.
Bonus points for a solution that integrates nicely with a Wiki, CRM, etc.
They don't have a deticated server of any sort -- just a standard run of
the mill hosting package for their existing website. We sat down today
and hacked at Joomla and EGroupware, and EGroupware seems to be pretty
close to what they need (its ugly and slightly cludgey though).
We are no against integrating software packages (the Joomla hackery we
did integrated a Google calendar to meet goals 1 and 2) -- but failed
horribly at 3, and . well.. at that point we kicked it to the curb.
Stan
