I have just seen a reference to the Mitch Kapor's new venture. As I have not so far seen it mentioned on the Zope or Python lists, I thought I would post the info here. The venture is the building of an open-source Outlook killer from scratch. More info here: http://www.osafoundation.org/index.htm http://blogs.osafoundation.org/mitch/ Little seems fixed at the moment, but they seem to be committed to Python, ZODB and wxPython. I guess that they are not considerting using Zope directly, or they would have put it in the list of technology, but if this flies, it will have a major effect on the Zope world, I think -- not least on the cataloguing side of things. The planned features are: * POP/IMAP retrieval * HTML viewing and composition * auto-completion of addressees * stationery * signatures * multiple profiles/personalities/identities * spelling checker * auto-archiving of old mail * fast searching via full-text indexing * importing existing data and settings * in-line viewing of attachments * user-defined views, rules, and filters * user-scripting capabilities * "active" mail - mail with buttons for actions * transparent encryption and authentication of mail * automatic Spam filtering * filing of messages in multiple folders Information Sharing & Exchange * integrated Instant Messaging and presence management (Jabber) * sending contacts and appointments via mail (iCal, vCard support) * remote peer-to-peer browsing of others' data * flexible security model to control access * file and document sharing * remote queries, e.g., look up address in another person's contact list * automatic updating of information from remote sources: receive new contacts, changes to existing contacts automatically (publish-subscribe) Access * home and work PC's with complete automatic replication of data * online or offline use with access to all data * synchronize with popular PDA's Calendar * day/week/month views * recurring appointments * see another person's free/busy blocks for scheduling * see another person's calendars as overlays Other * simple Web-style navigation (back, forward, and home buttons, single click on a link to navigate, bookmarks, URL references to user data) * easily customizable user-defined categories * structure data how you like it, view it that way, change your mind at any time * automatic recognition of names, places, dates, and etc.; automatic categorization of items * developer extensibility architecture --- Alastair