[Kroupware] Newbie: How to start

[Bernhard Reiter]

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On Thursday 31 October 2002 12:40, Paul de Vrieze wrote:

> What is the difference in the bynari plugin, that makes it "acceptable", =
and=20

It is an intermediate step.=20
Better would be a Free Software Kolab Client for Windows.

> why couldn't such a plugin be written as open source?

In principle it is possible to write such a thing as Free Software.
The question is: It is a useful thing to do?

=46irst it will be difficult because you really depend on different outlook,
windows and IE subversions and its interfaces.=20

Secondly it is only an intermediate step.
If we commit ressources to clone the Bynari-Plugin for the proprietory
Outlook these resources will not be available for writing a Free Software=20
Kolab Client for Windows.



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