Groupware server proposal

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Friday 13 July 2007 17:37:07 Michael D. Stemle, Jr. wrote:
> On Friday 13 July 2007 12:50:16 Ryan Kavanagh wrote:
> > About this time last summer, we were having a hard time trying to pick a
> > time for a meeting, since everybody had different schedules, etc. Then
> > somebody proposed a KOLAB server. It mulled, and I kinda thought of
> > setting one up, but only got around to it about 6 months later, after
> > contacting Paleo (Olivier Bédard, the guy who hosts the webpages for
> > Amarok, etc.). We tried setting KOLAB up for Kubuntu Devel over a couple
> > weeks, without success, probably due to the fact that compiling old
> > server software from scratch doesn't often work well. Since then, I tried
> > installing eGroupWare, with moderate success, and KOLAB has recently
> > released Kolab 2.1.0 after a couple years.
> >
> > I'm offering to either proceed and setup an eGroupWare server, or try
> > Kolab 2.1.0, and if install fails, resort to eGroupware.  Is there any
> > interest in such a server?
> >
> > The uses of a groupware server (Kolab or eGroupWare), for Kubuntu Devel
> > would be:
> >
> >  * Set meeting times based on who 'must' be there, who 'should' be there,
> > and then the rest. It will calculate the time based on people's priority,
> > and their schedule ;
> >  * Group & personal TODO (group TODO could have a list of things that
> > need to be done, and anybody wondering on what to tackle could just check
> > the list and 'claim' an item) ;
> >  * Group & personal Calendar (set deadlines, etc?) ;
> >  * Kontact integration, as well as a web interface for when you're away
> > from home ;
> >  * Shared address book, powered by OpenLDAP, so that you don't have to
> > look on launchpad each time you need someone's email address
> >  * POP3/IMAP access to email
> >  * Restricted to Kubuntu members (and Ubuntu members who contribute to
> > Kubuntu) so as to prevent tampering with ressources
> >
> > Kolab: http://www.kolab.org/
> > eGroupWare: http://www.egroupware.org/
> > eGroupWare online demo:
> > http://demo.egroupware.org/currentversion/login.php
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ryan
>
> At the very least this will get us thinking more about larger scale
> groupware solutions that are very common in business situations, and get
> the programs that support such functionality tested better.  I'm game.


I'm game for it