[KLUG Members] Evolution 1.0 is here!

[Adam Williams]

>How does it do this? Is there a server piece? Or is it all stored in a file 
>somewhere?

No server piece or share file.  It simply uses vCal and vCard
attachments,  which are "open" standards.  I schedule a meeting, which
send a vCal attachment to all  attendees,  their mail agent processes
that attachment against their calender (accept or reject) and I get a
confirm/deny e-mail in return.  vCard does the same thing for swapping
contact information,  I simply right click on the vCard attachment and
add it to my address book.

>"Flexible Calendaring and Collaboration: Ximian Evolution lets users 
>effortlessly create one-time, all-day or recurring events, including on
>screen, email or sound reminders. Users can schedule and confirm group
>meetings, even with Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes users. "
>Also, they talk about an Exchange 2000 connector early next year. This 
>would be a good transitory piece of software to move from the Windows
>client to a Linux client. I think it would be cool to remove
>the Exchange server dependancy too. :)

They claim they "will" develope a server,  but they felt a high-quality
standards-compliant and feature-rich client needed to come first.  New
functionality can be added by simply writing a CAMEL plugin.