| Novell releases Evolution Connector as open source |
May 11, 2004
Updated May 13, 2004 -- Novell has announced that its Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server will be integrated into Evolution 2.0, and made available as open source under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Evolution is Novell's award-winning and popular email and workgroup client for Linux systems. Evolution Connector enables Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 users to manage their email, calendars, group schedules, address books, public folders, and tasks from Linux desktops.
"As companies deploy Linux on the desktop, they must ensure that users of either Windows or Linux can collaborate with each other using existing back-end systems and familiar processes," said Novell's vice president of desktop technologies Nat Friedman.
"The open source release of Novell's Connector for Exchange adds an important element to the open source desktop's interoperability with existing enterprise deployments," added Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla Foundation. "The Mozilla Foundation applauds Novell's decision to move this technology into the open source world."
New features in Evolution 2 aim to improve user productivity and collaboration, such as built-in spam filtering, S/MIME, and PGP security certificate management, and tight integration with the Linux desktop and Gaim instant messaging client. Other new features include improved offline support for IMAP accounts, calendar improvements, and enhanced contact management.
Novell Evolution 2.0 will be available as part of Novell's Linux desktop, in Q3. Evolution users will be able to download Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server for no charge, beginning May 14. The GPLed source code is available here.
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