Re: Best groupware

[Peter Sebastian Masny <ps-list@masny.dk>]

OSS wrote:
> Peter Sebastian Masny wrote:
>
> > What are your opinions on the best groupware software out there.  I've 
> > looked into phpgroupware, egroupware, opengroupware, horde, and a few 
> > others.  Even with the demos, it's hard to get a feel for which ones 
> > work well and which aren't quite there yet.  Also, some have normal 
> > apt sources and others have outside deb sources...
> >
> > For my purposes, one of the main uses would be a filemanager 
> > functionality that would allow for user and "common" access to the 
> > files on the fileserver (same machine).  Scheduling and other 
> > functionality may or may not be used.
> >
> > Does anyway have a good feel for which software suite might best suit 
> > my needs?
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance...
> >
> > Peter Sebastian Masny
>
>
> Peter,
> You are light on defining needs. Based on what you listed install the 
> first one you find it will provide basic file management and group 
> calendaring.
> As an off-the-top-of-my head list of follow-up question: In the file 
> manager are you looking for content-based search, categories, flexible 
> ACL, drag&drop, retention cycles & version management? On Scheduling are 
> you looking for common/shared/delegated calendars, integration with PDA, 
> synchronization with off-line calendar, public calendars, 
> alerts/reminders, invitations, alternative times, attachments to 
> calendar? How many clients, do they have a simple group structure or 
> overlapping groups? Do you need integration between modules? Do you need 
> off-line use?
>
> Best regards Dave

Thank you for the quick response.  I am light on defining my needs 
because my needs are light. ;)  You explain that any suite I choose will 
provide basic file management, which is my first priority.  I would like 
to be more specific, but our needs aren't really defined yet.

I suppose my question is not so much meant to ask "which has the 
following features", but rather "I have these simple needs.  Which one 
works best"  By best I would include:
- installs without too much pain involved
- works for the users without too much pain involved for them (ease of 
use & nice UI)
- in active development
- has a user community (forums, etc)
- doing the Right Thing (opensource, etc)

Is there a suite or two that stand out in this regard?  Alternatively, 
if they are all equivalent in these matters, then that would also answer 
my question.



Thanks again for your time and help,

Peter