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[Mark Simko]

> On the LAN, we have Mac OS X, XP, CentOS, Ubuntu. On the Macs we have
> been using Microsoft Entourage for a long time, but I want to move
> away from it to have something which is crossed-platform and where the
> user data could be retrieved from the file server on the LAN. I first
> thought about a Joomla solution to replace the calendar features such
> as Tasks from Entourage. Then I started to wonder if Mozilla Sunbird
> (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/) would be a better
> solution. This of course is all for an Intranet.
> 
> I'd be interested in opinions/suggestions and experiences with either solution.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> David Roth
> 
> 
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I assume that what you are looking for is for individual calendars just
like in Outlook. There are several extensions for Joomla that do
calendar functions, but are geared toward organization announcements.
They're not the personal calendar you see in Outlook.

How about Zimbra which I think Yahoo bought last year. There might be a
concern about its long term existence since M$ was waltzing around the
prospect of buying Yahoo. Zimbra doesn't tie into Joomla at all, but may
be what you are looking for if you want an exchange replacement. I
believe Zimbra runs on the LAMP stack

There's also ClarkConnect, which is a standalone server. From what I
understand, it also serves as a files server (CIFS/SMB). I haven't had
chance to evaluate it yet, but it's sitting on the bench waiting its
turn.

Mark