[General] Just met with Chandler -- questions to clarify...

[Sheila Mooney]

Petr,

Thanks for your interest in Chandler!

We are currently working on a Preview release of Chandler, due out  
this spring. This release is primarily targeted at small workgroups  
collaborating on shared calendars and tasks. Initially we will have  
some experimental email support but this is primarily so that users  
can send and receive event and task notifications. We will also have  
the ability for users to get email into Chandler from POP or iMAP  
accounts but this is mainly to support calendaring and task  
management and not meant for high-volume email management. The longer  
term vision of Chandler is to be a full-fledged email client with  
many of the features you have described, but we are not quite there yet.

So in brief, Chandler Preview won't be able to replace Outlook.  
However, we are hoping that small workgroups will try using it as a  
complement to the email clients they use today. Our hope is that over  
time, Chandler will prove to be more effective than email for shared  
task management and collaborative information management.  
Additionally, although we aren't really shooting for a target of  
interop with Exchange, we are certainly interested in collaborating  
with developers who are interested in that goal.

As far as migrating data is concerned, Chandler supports the ability  
to import Calendar data in the iCalendar(.ics) format. I know there  
are several tools available to export calendar data from MS Outlook  
in this format. Eventually we will support task as well as address  
book migration but for the short-term, we are handling calendar data  
only.

We have just launched a new users mailing list which is ideal for  
asking these types of questions. You can subscribe at...
http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users

For following the project more closely, we also have a design list  
http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design where we  
discuss features, planning and goals. For more specific information  
on Preview and the features we intend to support, you can have a look  
at our planning page on the wiki http://wiki.osafoundation.org/ 
Projects/ZeroPointSevenPlanning.

Cheers,
Sheila

On Jan 19, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Petr Prikryl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just found the Chandler project and I am
> reading the various documentation. I am very
> interested in it. I like the intention and also
> the used technology. If possible, I would like
> to use it in my environment. For that, I need
> some clarification.
>
> I am working in a small software company and the
> working environment is based on MS Windows
> Small Bussiness Server 2003 with MS Exchange
> and Windows XP workstations with MS Outlook.
> I cannot change it.
>
> My first question is: Is this the correct mailing
> list to ask the following questions?
>
> 2) Is it possible to use Chandler as is instead
> of MS Outlook? I am using Outlook 2003 only in very
> simplistic way -- sending and receiving mail,
> using the default spam filter and the rules to
> move the incoming mail into folders on my local
> disk. (Moreover, the rules magically stopped
> to be launched automatically.) So, the core
> of the question is if Chandler can replace the
> Outlook and communicate with MS Exchange.
>
> 3) Is there a migration tool from MS Outlook to
> Chandler? (Moving stored posts from Outlook's
> repository, accessing the address book, etc.)
>
> Just now, I am the first here to use the Chandler.
> I need to use individually first and to decide,
> whether others may benefit from its usage.
> If it proves to be useful replacement as a mail
> client, I will try to penetrate it to the rest of
> the company.
>
> I have some plans and vision with Chandler.
> The ideal would be if they fit with the company
> interests.
>
> Thanks for your time and experience,
>   Petr Prikryl (pepr)
>
>
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