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Re: Time to communicate
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Adrian Robert |
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Re: Time to communicate |
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Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:56:33 -0400 |
On Oct 4, 2005, at 5:56 AM, Dennis Leeuw wrote:
The problem at my work is the enormous amount of communication
means people want to use: Chat, mail, shared calendar, VoIP, video
conferencing etc.
We as the IT team have a very hard time maintaining security, apps
and the like just to keep the users happy (note: this is a social
company, so the word 'no' does not exist).
While GNUstep already has GNUmail, TalkSoup, a calendar and
Addresses it would be nice if it could be turned into a suite with
a VoIP app and some video conferencing abilities.
...
But the point is if I could propose a system that has integrated
the features needed by our users, in a secure way (irc and not msn,
iax and not rtp, GNUmail and not outlook, etc.) that would help a lot.
One single communication suite which can be highly integrated (e-
mail address for e-mail and VoIP, E-mail with appointment connected
to calendar, contact info in Addresses linked to everything, etc.)
then I think I could sell it in the organisation. First GNUstep +
suite on Windows and who knows.
This is a noble goal, however even aside from the basic work for
GNUstep-on-Windows (anyone gotten Emacs.app running there, BTW? ;)
don't underestimate the amount of work needed to bring existing apps
up to a professional level. For example, even in the relatively huge
Gnome project with Ximian pumping in venture capital, they had to
practically kill themselves to deliver Evolution. Those necessary
things in business environments like MS Exchange compatibility take a
lot of effort.
Now, maybe if you can sell an in-house development team on the idea
of just doing hardening work on existing GNUstep apps _without_
adding new features...
Re: Time to communicate, Riccardo, 2005/10/06