[ngw] next release of GW

Wed Apr 14 13:39:34 UTC 2010

Microsoft is quite committed to the Mac, here from the Mactopia site:

"Second, along with the new edition of Office 2008, the team is hard at work on the next version of Office for Mac which will launch in time for the 2010 Holiday season. This next version includes a new application– Outlook for Mac. Outlook for Mac is being built from the ground up as a Mac OS X application using Cocoa. It will have a new database that delivers a reliable, high performance, and integrated experience with Mac OS X.  Users will be able to back-up with Time Machine and search email, calendar and contacts with Spotlight. Additionally, Outlook for Mac and the rest of Office will include Information Rights Management, which helps keep sensitive information for only audiences that you intend. IRM compatibility will make it possible for Mac users to share and receive sensitive information using Microsoft Office tools.  This is just a taste of things to come in Outlook for Mac, we’ll share more over the coming months."

I'll refrain from any more comments before I put my foot in my mouth :)

Matt

On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Randy Grein wrote:

> There was a notes client for Mac - about 15 years ago. Don't know about now. Microsoft has been pretty good about supporting Macs on exchange - not identical, but it comes with Office for mac. Of course Microsoft is the biggest Apple developer...
> Randy Grein
> 
> On Apr 14, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Alan Bens wrote:
> 
>> As I read through all the post for the Next release, I wonder since I've never dealt with Exchange or Lotus notes, are there Linux/Mac clients for them?  Do those companies try and take care of all the different platforms? 
>>  
>> As far as web access I agree that if Novell doesn't stabilize WA and make it full feature like the fat client then it will be a mute point, but if they do, it will at least save me hours of having to deploy new fat clients, making sure that they work with all of the software on the system, or does it work with MS newest OS disaster.  
>>  
>> Yes Novell has a long way to go with the WA and the clients, but if it works with IE, FF, Safari, Chrome, then I believe they are making the step forward before the competition. 
>>  
>> One mans opinion.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Al
>> 
>> >>> On 4/13/2010 at 11:38 AM, "Steve Bogdanski" <bogdansk at cvm.msu.edu> wrote:
>> Shouldn't be too difficult if they use HTML5 in the future for WebAccess.  This is exactly where Gmail is moving and why Google is discontinuing Gears (how offline caching is currently done).
>>  
>> As for Mac/Linux support, I almost feel that Novell should focus more allowing integration with OS X's (and Linux) native apps, like iMail.  Usually seems that Linux and Mac users already have their favorite apps for email, calendaring, contacts and would be happier if those could properly integrate with GroupWise rather to have to use/learn another client.
>>  
>> -Steve
>> 
>> >>> On 4/13/2010 at 11:29 AM, "Steve Singhose" <ssinghose at wccg.net> wrote:
>> That functionality could be sufficient if done well.
>> 
>> Steve.
>> 
>> >>> Joseph Marton <jmmarton at gmail.com> 4/13/2010 08:07 >>>
>> Not true.  Look at Gmail.  I can cache several days of e-mail using a
>> browser (and it doesn't have to be Chrome) so that I can access my
>> mailbox even if I'm online.  It can be done.  No reason Novell can't
>> add this to WebAccess as well.
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Steve Singhose <ssinghose at wccg.net> wrote:
>> > Biggest pain I can think of for web clients is lack of caching or remote mode.  Users without connectivity are not supported.
>> _______________________________________________
>> ngw mailing list
>> ngw at ngwlist.com 
>> http://ngwlist.com/mailman/listinfo/ngw
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> ngw mailing list
>> ngw at ngwlist.com
>> http://ngwlist.com/mailman/listinfo/ngw
>> _______________________________________________
>> ngw mailing list
>> ngw at ngwlist.com
>> http://ngwlist.com/mailman/listinfo/ngw
> 
> _______________________________________________
> ngw mailing list
> ngw at ngwlist.com
> http://ngwlist.com/mailman/listinfo/ngw

--------
Matt Weisberg
Weisberg Consulting, Inc.
matt at weisberg.net
www.weisberg.net
ofc. 248.685.1970
cell 248.705.1950
fax 248.769.5963