LinuxWorld Open Source Excellence Awards

Submitted by charlie.collins on Tue, 01/28/2003 - 11:32

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Some cool stuff on this list, notably to me is OpenExchange from SuSE, MONO and even the Microsoft Unix Services. Here is the press release: WINNERS OF OPEN SOURCE PRODUCT EXCELLENCE AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT LINUXWORLD IDG World Expo, OSDN and UniForum Association reward Open Source innovation NEW YORK - January 23, 2003 - IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets, has announced the winners of the Open Source Product Excellence Awards at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, held this week at the Javits Center in New York City. Sponsored by OSDN and presented in conjunction with the UniForum Association, the Open Source Product Excellence Awards recognize Open Source product and service innovations by LinuxWorld exhibitors. The Open Source Product Excellence Awards have gained in stature and recognition at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo as the Linux movement has taken hold, and as companies increasingly leverage their finalist or winner status in front of their target audiences. Judging the numerous entries this year were: Alan Fedder, president of the UniForum Association; Rob Malda, founder of Slashdot.org; Don Marti, editor in chief of Linux Journal; Russell Pavlicek, Open Source columnist at InfoWorld; Brian Proffitt, managing editor of Linux Today and Robert Williams, UniForum's expert for certification and security issues. Divided into ten product categories, the Open Source Product Excellence Awards represent major areas of innovation in the Linux and Open Source community. New categories this year included Best Front Office Solution, Best Cluster Solution and Best Sys Admin Tools. Award winners include: Best Network/Server ApplicationSuSE - Linux OpenExchange Server Best Developer ToolsIBM - Websphere Studio Appl. Developer V.5 Best Data Storage SolutionIBM - Tivoli Storage Manager Best System Integration SoftwareMicrosoft - Services for Unix 3.0 Best Security SolutionComputer Associates - eTrust Antivirus Best Open Source ProjectXimian - Mono Best Front Office SolutionXimian - Evolution Best Productivity ApplicationHRsmart - Applicant Tracking Best Cluster SolutionRed Hat - Advanced Server Best Sys Admin ToolsSCO Group - Volution Mgr Best of ShowSGI - Altix 3000 Winners of Open Source Product Excellence Awards Announced at LinuxWorld

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Re: LinuxWorld Open Source Excellence Awards

Submitted by Shmooze (not verified) on Tue, 01/28/2003 - 11:49.

This post reminded me... anyone here with experience with Ximian Evolution? The company that I'm working for is using Lotus Notes with money budgeted this year to convert over to Exchange. I would like to present them with some alternative solutions. What open source Exchange alternative are people happy with?

Re: LinuxWorld Open Source Excellence Awards

Submitted by cooper (not verified) on Tue, 01/28/2003 - 12:02.

I have tried Evolution, but it wasn't quite enough to sell me on it. The big boon to Evolution is that you can purchase the "Exchange Gateway" and get all the "exchangey" features on a Linux client. SuSe OpenExchange is "all the functionality" of Exchange, but its a web based thing. I dunno. Doesn't seem as nice to me. If you are looking for something else, try Samsung Contact (http://www.samsungcontact.com/en/). It is a complete Exchange clone for Linux-- talks to Outlook just the same, has all the Exchange collaboration features, etc. This may be the most promising product in a while on that front.

Re: LinuxWorld Open Source Excellence Awards

Submitted by atrox (not verified) on Wed, 01/29/2003 - 10:13.

Despite what coop says I hear that SuSE OpenExchange is really really nice. I have not used it myself, but I would say that I consider web based to be an ADVANTAGE rather than a DISADVANTAGE assuming it meets all the requirements. What I mean is that it doesnt require another app on users machines, thats nice. You might want to check out the eval and see what you think. (Disclaimer, I have heard good things about it, such as this award, but I have never used it myself, I use a home grown Sendmail wSMTP_ATUH/MimeDefang/SpamAssasin/SquirrelMail with Calendaring setup, it works and there are several hundred users on it, but its a bear to maintain and keep up with, a nice package would be great but I use the aformentioned because its free.)