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NewsForge: Hula Brings Open Source Groupware to SMBs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 10, 2005

“Linux adoption by small and medium-sized businesses is being
held back by the lack of an open source groupware server that’s
easy to install and configure. SMBs will see little cost advantage
from using Linux after adding in the cost an enterprise groupware
product. But this problem may soon be a thing of the past, with the
recent launch of the Hula project. Hula is an ambitious, open
source project jump-started with more than 200,000 lines of code
donated from Novell’s NetMail product…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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