[KLUG Members] Call For OpenGroupware Questions

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>I've finished the "core" of my presentation on OpenGroupware (2003-11-25). 
>>But since this is such an immensely powerful and dynamic package I've really
>>only run over the highlights (as well as some technical points you need to
>>actually make it work).
>>If anyone has any specific questions or areas of intrest I'll be happy to
>>add them to my research list and integrate them into the presentation.
>With opengroupware, my understanding is that the cost comes from the
>licensing of the outlook connector. 

True (assuming you use outlook).

>Use the web connections as much as you desire.  

Or any other of the connectors - Evolution, Palm, SyncML, DAV (Apples iCall.app,
Mozilla Calendar, kOrganizer, etc...), or XML-RPC - all are free.

>With Suse's product it was the other way around.  Pay for
>the web and use the outlook as much as you want.  

Correct.

>What is the comparison
>of the cost.  Which one is less cost at what point of users connecting
>one way vs another.

I'll see what I can find.

I know the plugin prices are -
SKYRiX 5 ZideStore/ZideLook for OpenGroupware.org
ZideLook MAPI Outlook Connector for 5 Users	275.00 EUR
ZideLook MAPI Outlook Connector for 20 Users	1,050.00 EUR
ZideLook MAPI Outlook Connector for 50 Users	2,500.00 EUR
ZideLook MAPI Outlook Connector for 250 Users	11,875.00 EUR

The EUR exchange rate on Friday was 0.872269 so thats $239.80, $915.60,
$2180.00, and $10,390.62 respectively.

I'll research what the SuSe prices are for comparison.

Remember these plugins are for OUTLOOK not OUTLOOK EXPRESS!  So that cost
matters too.

Also note that the Zidelook plugin (the OpenGroupware outlook thing) is not
affiliated with the OpenGroupware project and isn't even developed by Skyrix
(OpenGroupware's progenitor).  The OpenGroupware project has expressed that the
solution is an OpenSource native-OpenGroupware client; the Outlook plugin is a
stop-gap measure.