An open-source project I can really get behind

Link grabbed on Slashdot:

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/274883/openchange_kde_bring_exchange_compatibility_linux


A project is now in the works to bring true Exchange compatibility to a non-Windows desktop. The Exchange Connector for Evolution and others of that ilk have done so using the WebDAV or RPC-over-HTTP interface. This project is different in that it is trying to emulate how Outlook interacts with the Exchange system; using RPC over SMB among other protocols.

This would bring the full power of the Exchange groupware environment to anything that can run KDE from the sounds of it. And that's really nifty. It uses Samba 4 code to a great extent, which makes sense as there is a lot of neat new things in that codebase. This would be a big step for Linux in the enterprise! I also saw mention of Novell input to the project, which is nice to see.