[WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Re: [hipatia] sobre plataforma para CMSI]

[Beatriz Busaniche]

Amigos y amigas de plenaria
les envio algunas herramientas de software libre que podrían servir de
plataforma libre para nuestro trabajo! Tenemos opciones que podemos
elegir que son abiertas, libres, y accesibles para todos y todas en
lugar de usar una plataforma sólo para usuarios de Windows. 

Dear Friends
here are some free software tools we could use for our collaborative
work! We have options we could choose that are open, free and accesible
for all instead of using a platform just for windows users.


Regards / Saludos
Beatriz




-----Mensaje reenviado-----
From: Martin Olivera <martin_olivera at yahoo.com.ar>
To: Coordinadores de Hipatia <coordinadores-hipatia at listas.hipatia.info>
Subject: Re: [hipatia] sobre plataforma para CMSI
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:08:24 -0300

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Just some examples of collaboration suites offered by
the Free/Libre Software community:

1) OpenGroupWare
2) phpGroupWare
3) Kolab project

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1) OpenGroupware.org Mission
www.opengroupware.org
		
Mission: To create, as a community, the leading open
source groupware server to integrate with the leading
open source office suite products and all the leading
groupware clients running across all major platforms,
and to provide access to all functionality and data
through open XML-based interfaces and APIs.

Use Open Protocols

We find it even more important to support open
protocols than to provide the source code for a
groupware solution, since open protocols provide the
real freedom of choice for the customer and allow
integration into existing IT infrastructures.
Groupware is in a miserable state when it comes to
interoperability, we try to fix that issue by cleanly
documenting all the protocols used by the OGo
reference server and by building protocol bridges.
Work With Other OpenSource Server Projects

Other OpenSource groupware projects like phpGroupWare
or Kolab are not seen as competitors to the goal
OpenGroupware.org is trying to accomplish! In
contrast, given the unique nature of OpenSource
projects, we can work together and learn from each
other to provide the best possible solution for the
target audience.
Build An Excellent Web Interface

Web technologies have significant advantages in
various areas. We think that a web interface is
equally important as a native GUI interface and our
goal is to provide a high quality, user friendly one.
We are also looking into technologies like Mozilla XUL
or DHTML to improve the usability, but we are
committed to provide an interface for HTML 4 "only"
browsers.
Interoperate With As Many Native Clients As Possible

While web technologies develop further and further
into the traditional desktop application space, they
still do not provide the same ease of use and speed of
use of native applications. Further, Internet still
isn't available everywhere, so we need offline
solutions for mobile workers.
So we work on integrating available native clients
like Outlook, Glow or Evolution.

Use An Open Storage

Another major problem with a lot of current groupware
solutions is that they use a proprietary data storage.
We are going to use standard SQL databases, we are
going to document the database schema and we are going
to provide an adaptor mechanism to allow free choice
of the database server.
Crucial business data is stored in groupware systems
and should be readily accessible.
Integrate OGo Into Office Environment

Groupware does not end at a calendar, it's important
to enable a team to share information and that
information is often held in the form of Office files,
like spreadsheets, word processor documents or
presentation files.
OpenGroupware.org aims to provide a central team
storage and processing facility to allow easy sharing
of those informations.
Things which are not our primary focus ...
		

Write A New Groupware Native Client

The state of OpenSource groupware clients isn't yet
perfect, but rapidly improving. So for now we try to
help those projects to build a solid groupware client
and to integrate with OpenGroupware.org using standard
protocols.
Yet we keep in mind that an own native client may be
required to provide access to the rich collaboration
functionality contained in the reference server.
Port The Reference Server To Windows

We feel that it is far less important to support
Windows as a server operating system than as a client
operating system. A Windows port is certainly
interesting, especially during evaluation, and
certainly possible, but is not our primary focus.
Things we are not going to do ...
		

Write Yet Another E-Mail Server ...

There are excellent opensource email servers
available. We see no need in writing a new one when
Cyrus, Courier, Washington IMAP or Apache James
provide proven solutions able to handle the largest
requirements.
The services provided by the OGo groupware reference
server and the services provided by an IMAP4 server
complement each other perfectly.
Nevertheless we are committed in helping users and
developers work with existing mail servers, by
providing documentation, administrative interfaces,
packages and middleware for bridging XML based
protocols to IMAP4.
Write Yet Another IM Server ...

Just use Jabber. Period.
Write Yet Another Directory Server ...

OpenLDAP is open source, it works, it's stable, it
comes with any Linux distribution. Why build a new one
?
We are going to build mechanisms to feed the LDAP
server and to access LDAP servers though. And we are
going to build instructions on how to integrate
OpenLDAP (or any other LDAP compliant server) into a
OGo infrastructure.
		

OpenOffice.org

Note that OpenOffice.org and OpenGroupware.org are
complementary, but separate communities. We intend to
work together to provide an industry strength solution
which allows team collaboration.
OpenGroupware.org is not a Sun sponsored project.
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2) phpGroupWare
http://www.phpgroupware.org

What is phpGroupWare?

phpGroupWare (formerly known as webdistro) is a
multi-user groupware suite written in PHP.

It provides a Web-based calendar, todo-list,
addressbook, email, news headlines, and a file
manager. The calendar supports repeating events. The
email system supports inline graphics and file
attachments.

The system as a whole supports user preferences,
themes, user permissions, multi-language support, an
advanced API, and user groups.

Demos: http://phpgroupware.org/demos

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3) Kolab Project  	   	
http://www.kolab.org

The goal of the Kolab Project is to maintain and
enhance a Free Software groupware solution called
Kolab. It builds on software and concepts developed
during the Kroupware Project, in particular the Kolab
Server and KDE Kroupware Client. 

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and this is only the beginning...

OpenGroupWare motto:

Why buy a GROUPWARE server as a black-box when you can
get an OPEN one for FREE?



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