[Kroupware] Kroupware - Where to next?

[Bernhard Reiter]

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Hi Stephan,

On Sunday 16 March 2003 16:15, Stephan Buys wrote:
> Could the "Official" Kroupware companies maybe give us some indication
> of what the next phase of Kroupware will entail?

Kroupware is the name related to the contract.
The resulting software is named "Kolab".

We hope to conclude the Kroupware Project
in the next month with 1.0 releases.

>  I think Kroupware has a _lot_ of potential as a Open Source project=20
> but there are some things
> missing and I dont want to interfere with the official contracted process.

There is always something missing.. :)
Seriously we are aware of many potential areas to improve or go the next st=
eps.
Up to know we do not have a contract for next steps.

> Is it Kroupware's destiny to be "let loose" or will it remain part of a
> mostly inter-company process?

The Kolab software is fully integrated in the Free Software
development communities and will continue to be so.
If our companies manage to get more contracts we'll be happy
to continues working on it with massive ressources.
We probably have to develop a way that people who benefit
from the software can get a way to (volenteeringly) pay for it
and thus motivate us to take of their interest with payed professionals.
Our thoughts are not conclusive in this area.
Just to avoid missunderstandings: We stay fully commited to Free Software.

> Some of the things I feel Kroupware needs to take it to the next level:
> 1) A Soureforge/GNU Sahara/GForge project page.
> 	- This will give us access to bug tracking, documentation and
> 	feature request pages.

The KDE Kolab client is integrated in KDE.=20
Independed Documentation, Bug and issue tracking is already in place there.

> 	- Easy to find CVS and binary download pages.

There is the KDE CVS and a public CVS for the Kolab Server.
http://kolab.kde.org/howto-kolab.html

Binary packages needs support by external groups,
like the distributions. We focus on getting the code out.

> 2) A knowledge base
> 	- HOWTO Admin, Install, Use...

We have documentation, but we can need more of course.
Please contribute documents and help us to coordinate it.

> 3) Formalisation
> 	- Transform key components of Kroupware whitpaper into RFC
> 	(got some feedback on this already)

I agree on that the idea is good.=20
Currently the architecture document is our reference documentation
for the Kolab concept. If people help we can do more.

> This is not meant as a critisism of the current systems, I think that
> Kroupware is great. But as it grows (and I think it is intended to) the
> requirements will grow with it.

Kolab was possible because of the already existing components
and efforts of other great Free Software projects.=20
We just took another step, because the BSI needed a groupware solution.
With the end of our contract they'll have what they wanted for now.
So we all (as Free Software community) have to see how we make
next steps. Our companies (Erfrakon, Klar=E4lvdalens and Intevation)
are happy to be able to continue our work, but it have to be profitable for=
 us.
We'll naturally try to find places to sell our services=20
but we cannot promiss that we will do the work regardless of what our
paying clients want. So a lot depends on how we can organise a business
around Kolab improvements so that everybody wins.

Thanks for your support and interest,
	Bernhard



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