[GLLUG] linux pim

[Richard Houser]

Isn't that the whole point of OpenSync though?  Your PIM should only
need to speak to one external interface.  Everything else should be in
one standardized location that all such programs can share.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Stanley Mortel <mortel at cyber-nos.com> wrote:
> I feel the same way as Frank.  To get someone to adopt a new PIM, it has to
> be pretty easy to migrate everything over from darn near anywhere.  That's
> tough I know, since there are so many programs that you'd have to deal with.
>  But, If I'm going to adopt a new PIM, I need to be able to click "Import
> setting from" and point it to Outlook (ugh!), Outlook Express, Outlook
> whatever, Thunderbird (both Windows and Linux versions), Evolution, etc.  If
> it is a really great PIM, you might be able to attract new users, but to get
> those already entrenched in something else, you'd better make it easy and
> bulletproof to migrate over.
>
> Stan
>
>
> On 02/18/2012 07:06 PM, Patrick Goupell wrote:
>>
>> Do you mean import from a device like an iphone or import from a program
>> such as microsoft outlook?  Or both?
>>
>> On 02/18/2012 06:32 PM, Stanley Mortel wrote:
>>>
>>> The single most useful item for me would be comprehensive import
>>> functionality.  If I, or my clients, can't import contacts, calendars, etc.,
>>> it is an immediate deal killer.
>>>
>>> Stan
>>>
>>> On 02/18/2012 08:47 AM, Patrick Goupell wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>>
>>>> I am a programmer / developer in northeast lower Michigan.  To keep
>>>> myself occupied I am writing a pim (personal information manager).
>>>>
>>>> It will be a blending of features from such programs as microsoft
>>>> outlook, efficient pim, korganizer, kde & gnome pims and whatever else I can
>>>> dream up.
>>>>
>>>> If there is that one feature that you would most like to get in a pim,
>>>> what would it be?
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to sound off one any other feature(s) you think should be
>>>> included (or excluded) from a pim.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>>
>>>> (running on debian squeeze)
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