__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 27 February 2007 22:47 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
> <spam@xxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:56:59 +0000
> <92meb4-1s5.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, AB belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>
>>>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9990/53/
>>>>
>>>> In what they claim is the largest-ever open source deal,
>>>> collaboration developer Open-Xchange and web hosting company 1&1
>>>> Internet have announced a partnership to deliver over one million
>>>> hosted business email and collaboration accounts using
>>>> Open-Xchange's Smart Collaboration technology.
>>>
>>> "XChange"?
>>>
>>> Hoo boy.
>>
>> The word "Exchange" is generic, and derivative terms and abbreviations
>> similarly. I.e. I don't think the London Stock Exchange will be
>> threatened with closure any time soon.
>>
>> BTW, they have a running demo here:
>>
>> http://demo.open-xchange.com
>>
>> Some bright spark has created an appointment in "Peter Puchase's"
>> account, for "Sex with my secratary"(sic) for the 3rd of March; location
>> "On desk" :)
>>
>
> Apparently his desk was busy, as they've moved it to
> conference room 4, and she's been promoted.
>
> No mention afterwards regarding lunch. I guess it's BYO. :-)
>
> The software itself looks reasonably usable, admittedly.
I think they were using some bits of Novell's Hula. IIRC, they responded when
Novell halted work on the project (shortly after the Microvell deal, as it
competes with Microsoft), just months before it got a fork/successor.
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