Re: [edlug] Stallman's talk

[Philipp Wesche <phi1ipp@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

--- David Marsh's listreading hat
<lists2004@xxx.xxx.xxx> wrote:
> 
> * the shared appointments calendar 
> (Outlook replacement: allowing all networked office
> staff to share
> appointment details to check busy/frees and avoid
> double-booking)
> 
> * the contacts database 
> (which can be mailmerged, address-labelled,
> exchanged, clicked-on to
> send emails (or dial calls) and whatever else you
> need to do with it)
> Unfortunately, that's the one thing that OpenOffice
> sorely lacks.
> I understand it is possible to wire up OpenOffice to
> speak to SQL
> databases, but it Sounds Hard and is well beyond the
> capabilities of the
> average office worker.
> 
> Does anybody have any ideas on those two fronts?
> 

I haven't used it yet, but doesn't Kolab offer these
features?

Regards,

Philipp


	
		
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