Re: Group calendar overview

From: David Elders (david_elders_at_hotmail.com.nospam)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 04:07:46 +0100

No problem Max,

Hope you find a solution to your requirement there.

Regards,

David

"Max Waterman" <MaxWaterman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0B6EAE14-E14D-4B2A-963B-AB452716C610@microsoft.com...
> "David Elders" wrote:
> > Hi Max,
> >
> > Wasn't aware that you already had a Linux-based Server, so fair enough!
:-)
> >
> > Good thing to bear in mind if you ever want to implement far more
> > functionality than just group calendaring however... TCO is [accordingly
to
> > independant reviews] significantly less than comparitive Linux-based
> > alternative packages in such a situation...
>
> Not sure about how 'independant' those reviews are, and I see plenty of
> other 'independant' reviews stating exactly the opposite. In any case, I
will
> have to run this server, so Linux is a much less painful solution for me -
> and it should be easy to change from Linux to Microsoft if we decide to
later
> on - while that is, IMO, not the case the other way around.
>
> ...but this is getting off topic a little, or heading that way, I think.
>
> >
> > Try www.slipstick.com for many good 3rd party add-on's/utilities/tips
for
> > Outlook.
>
> I will take a look. It looks like it has a huge amount of information
there.
>
> Thanks for the reference.
>
> Max.
>
> >
> > Best of luck,
> >
> >
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Max Waterman" <MaxWaterman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C0CECE0A-2A42-40BA-B330-4CE8E5024E43@microsoft.com...
> > > thanks for the advice, but we don't want to buy another server just to
> > have
> > > this group calendar functionality. Most groupware products have way
more
> > > functionality than we want.
> > >
> > > Peer-to-peer would be no problem (if it works as advertised), and the
> > server
> > > I want to deploy it on runs linux, so any server s/w would have to run
on
> > > that.
> > >
> > > Doesn't sound like SBS fits the bill.
> > >
> > > Thanks again though.
> > >
> > > Max.
> > >
> > > "David Elders" wrote:
> > >
> > > > No - it's designed as a Server-Client Network Operating System.
Instead
> > of
> > > > all your desktops running merely in peer-to-peer mode, they'd all
> > connect to
> > > > the SBS box which would be acting as your network server.
> > > >
> > > > More info here:
> > > > Product Overview for SBS -
> > > >
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/overview/default.m
> > > > spx
> > > > Top 10 Reasons to use SBS -
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/top.mspx
> > > > FAQ for SBS -
> > > >
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/overview/generalfaq.
> > > > mspx
> > > > SBS Demo -
> > > >
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/demos/default.mspx
> > > >
> > > > Transformed what we can do as a company... big company feature-set
and
> > an
> > > > SME price-tag...
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Max Waterman" <MaxWaterman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > > > news:169A917D-11FB-40F2-942C-35785E8978F2@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Does it run on Linux, or on one of the W2K desktops?
> > > > >
> > > > > Max.
> > > > >
> > > > > "David Elders" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > How many clients are you talking about - have you looked at
> > > > > > SmallBusinessServer? Standard version is very cost-effective and
you
> > > > then
> > > > > > get all the additional functionality of Exchange to play with
> > too...!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > David
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Max Waterman" <Max Waterman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message
> > > > > > news:3B8F3460-1B96-457C-A45E-77170E641D87@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > > I have been trying out :
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://www.xcnetwork.com/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It works very nicely, but I also require something like is
offered
> > by
> > > > this
> > > > > > > product :
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://www.outlookgroupcalendar.com/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > IE, a single calendar view in which I can select which of my
> > > > co-worders'
> > > > > > > calendars are included.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Unfortunately, it doesn't support Entourage (or any other
> > clients), so
> > > > > > isn't
> > > > > > > ideal. (It's also quite expensive).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does anyone know of any other s/w which has this functionailty
but
> > > > which
> > > > > > > works with Microsoft Entourage too?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Max.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > PS MS Outlook 2000 running on W2KPro, and MS Entourage running
on
> > Mac
> > > > OS X
> > > > > > > 10.3.5
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >

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