[KLUG Members] ACT replacement?

Robert G. Brown members@kalamazoolinux.org
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:55:46 -0400


On 19 Aug 2003 11:27:22 -0400, Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com>wrote:
>>>Is there any software that the server runs on Linux which can be used as
>>>a ACT (contact management software) replacement?   
>>>
>>>Requirements:
>>>
>>> Server = Linux based.
>>> Client = Windows based.
>>
>>Take a look at Goldmine; it can use an ODBC-compliant database, so
>>MySQL or PostGreSQL ought to work in conjunction with the Goldmine
>>clients (Windows-based).
>>
>>I'd like to know how this turns out, too. I've used GM with a couple of
>>DBMS backends...
>
>The other requirement, I forgot to mention, is people have to be able to
>use this safely over the internet.  So a web based solution is also an
>option.

ODBC in a VPN tuinnel was my solution to a couple of GM installs that
had to run over the 'net. I suspect you would want to use https, for
the same reasons...
						Regards,
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