VNUnet: OGo Emerges as Open Source Exchange-Slayer

“But the OpenGroupware organisation is quite separate from Sun
Microsystems-sponsored OpenOffice.org. OGo is being sponsored by
Fujitsu Siemens and several German IT companies, but not by
Sun.

“James Governor, principal analyst at Red Monk, told vnunet.com
that mail, messaging and shared access to folders is critical to
companies of all sizes and absolutely critical to desktop
success.

“But, unlike office suite software, groupware requires both
desktop and server functionality, and Governor believes that the
timing and how the software functions will be factors in OGo’s
success. ‘This is being launched at an inflexion point for
groupware,’ he said…”

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