[GLLUG] linux pim

[Stanley Mortel]

That would be a great way to go.  Part of the work is already done and 
any further development would be more widely useful.

On 02/20/2012 01:07 PM, Richard Houser wrote:
> 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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