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Novell announces Evolution 2.0, free Connector

Novell announces Evolution 2.0, free Connector

Posted May 11, 2004 18:23 UTC (Tue) by lolando (subscriber, #7139)
In reply to: Novell announces Evolution 2.0, free Connector by einstein
Parent article: Novell announces Evolution 2.0, free Connector

Whether you consider it as winning a battle in the "war against Microsoft" so popular among certain people (including posters on a well-known self-proclaimed provider of "news for geeks"), or increasing the choice of users, it still offers a (probably) viable alternative to Outlook. As a consequence, it will necessarily have a positive effect, viz. people will be made aware that e-mail != Outlook, just as web != Internet Explorer. Having gained some (admittedly tiny) piece of education, they'll have a wider alternative when they need to choose their applications (being aware that one has a choice may be the hardest part). Education increases freedom.

And then they'll flock to free software :-)


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