Outlook Alternatives: Moving from Outlook to Thunderbird

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Open Source | Comments: 0

MS Outlook has been around for a long time, but maybe it's time for a little change.

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Outlook is one of the best known PIM's around because it comes with and integrates nicely into MS Office. However, since Google has taken MS Office online with their Google Docs, maybe it's time to move from Outlook to Thunderbird.

But isn't Thunderbird an email client? Yes, but so is Outlook. As well as email, Outlook also includes a contact list, a to-do list, and a calendar for your appointments.

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Open Source Enterprise Solutions on a Budget

Monday, June 18, 2007 11:30 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Open Source | Comments: 0

When building your company, start out with the essentials and work from there.

Open Source software has taken a definite interest with small businesses and off-loads a great amount of stress from the owner in regards to licenses and subscription costs.

Since "open source" and "enterprise" are in the same sentence, don't assume that open source software doesn't have quality characteristics. Open source software powers most small businesses and gives them a sigh of relief when filling a certain business need with little or no cost to the business.

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Free Open Source Business Applications

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:00 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Open Source | Comments: 0

Software can be expensive if you're starting a business. Or can it?

When starting a business, you may encounter the price of software may outweigh the price of hardware. But nowadays, software doesn't have to be expensive to provide enterprise-level benefits.

Line56.com posted the Top 10 Free Business Intelligence Applications. Naturally, all of them are open source and this article provides more acronyms than a CES show.

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