Archive for May, 2007
A free Exchange alternative?
Slowly but steadily all missing pieces are emerging in the free software world. A project really worth mentioning is OpenChange. They’re working on a free MAPI implementation (libmapi) – the protocol used by Outlook to communicate with Exchange servers. An Evolution plugin is already in the works (of which a technology preview will soon be released) as well as a couple of client tools to convert exchange mail/contacts/calendars to mbox/vcard/ical format. Their roadmap also mentions the development of an openchange server. Who knows, this might replace Outlook+Exchange one day!
(I know that Evolution already has an Exchange connector, but it is basically a hack around the Exchange web interface instead of a real MAPI implementation.)
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