Andy McKay wrote:
I suppose, I just havent seen it yet. Companies that tried to provide such a thing, WorldPilot for example dont seem to be around now.
Well if that is the ONLY thing, then they have a problem. If MS has the same thing in their applications ( Outlook and Exchange server ) then MS solution will propably be used. ,-) For me the PIM part is not the most important, eventhough it is really nice. Compared to the tools we discussed in previous mails PIM does not make more money for us if we use it, it just simplifies life when we have the possibility to use the same applications and access the same info from anywhere. Eventhough it would not be our own desktop computer with clients configured for all of our settings. Also it would be nice to have the PIM software operate with other programs too, meaning I could get info out of the calendar to other places, link to address books and to emails etc. We have so far managed with a simple web php groupcalendar and using IMP as a webmail when needed. There are problems with authentication, since the calendar has own authentication in database, webmail from webserver, calendard database structure sucks ass, there is no collective address book etc. It would be really nice to have all that in one good application, inside Zope. But it would not change the world as we know it, since there are other application that do it. From Microsoft and from Notes, IBM. Second best solution would be to have the possibility run Zope next to these PIM features running either in Notes or MS solution, linkid in a way that user would not know the difference jumping from one to another.
Yep now if we could get the $ to do that it would be great ;)
Well $ is not everything, it only the rent, food, books, internet connection, pepsi-max, coins to videogames, mobile phone... well yeah. It would be great to get money for that. But also I would like to do it, and prove it to work. Have people use it and improve it. From the strategic viewpoint I feel that there are two possible uses for Zope in intranets, just like for any other application or application framework: 1) To be the main framework for intranet - authentication, publishing system, search engine etc. - and wrap parts from other systems inside Zope. 2) Be just one application in the intranet, concentrating in some task like project workspaces or similar It would be nice to show people that, yes - you can use it in either way. If your boss buys the whole idea, then go ahead and build everything with Zope. If not, do just that one really innovative and important application that you need to get done. And here is a way to get started. -huima