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- Ouze, on 12/28/2007, -18/+212An outlook killer? really? You think people will use this, and then uninstall Outlook? I understand hyperbole is required for Digg headlines, but lets keep it to AMAZING and INCREDIBLE. Outlook is so lodged into the bedrock of corporate america i doubt a browser based app that spits out gold coins when you read your email can dislodge it.
- oojamaflip2006, on 12/28/2007, -5/+116Thunderbird and Lightning, very very frightening me!
- Eldorian, on 12/28/2007, -5/+64Does it work with exchange and all the functions it provides?
If not, it's hardly an outlook killer. - columb, on 12/28/2007, -7/+61Yeah, and what instead of Exchange Server?
- BenBenMan, on 12/28/2007, -2/+45Galileo!
- m00nmaster, on 12/28/2007, -2/+45Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
- vinnyvenus, on 12/28/2007, -14/+53Buried for using " Killer"
- arghargh, on 12/28/2007, -3/+41Looks like iGoogle.
- mggs, on 12/28/2007, -0/+36This isn't a product by the Mozilla foundation. RTFA.
- KAMiKAZOW, on 12/28/2007, -0/+33Yeah, companies with childish names like "Yahoo!" or "Google" won't ever get successful.
Oh wait.. - webRat, on 12/28/2007, -2/+35He's just a poor boy from a poor family
- TheBuzzKiller, on 12/28/2007, -7/+39You forgot the 2.0 in the title
- thewibbler, on 12/28/2007, -3/+34I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -2/+33GIMP lol
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -2/+30Spare him his life for this monstrosity
- bat-21, on 12/28/2007, -2/+27Easy come easy go, will you let me go
- sirhomer, on 12/28/2007, -1/+26Let him go!
- kingp, on 12/28/2007, -1/+26For those not reading the article, this is NOT a project from the Mozilla Foundation. This is an open source project from a startup in India.
- Planterstick, on 12/28/2007, -1/+24Bismillah! no! we will not let you go.
- elijahalcantara, on 12/28/2007, -1/+23"Spicebird" - odd name... reminded me of spicegirls
- chedabob, on 12/28/2007, -10/+29C-C-C-C-Combo Breaker!!!
- smashp, on 12/28/2007, -8/+22Does it allow me to remotely and securely connect to my exchange server and Access my corporate mailbox to read email, View the availability of my coworkers and and see when i can schedule a meeting for such and sch meeting room. Does it allow me to access fellow employees calanders, contact lists and inboxs.
error 403 - Not found
try again - abbathdoom, on 12/28/2007, -0/+14Firstly, this isnt a Mozilla app, its made by someone else, so blame them for the lame name.
Secondly, any company that picks software based on its name rather than whether its the best product for their productivity and bottomline is being run by noobs. - n3demonic, on 12/28/2007, -1/+15Although I agree with you that they won't use Spicebird, they are using Firefox. I've seen quite a few directors from various companies that use Firefox. Of course I see more using Safari though... I don't get what my comment is about anymore...
- sirhomer, on 12/28/2007, -0/+13Zimbra http://www.zimbra.com/
A lot of Zimbra customers are those who migrated off of Exchange. It's a really good piece of software and it can run on Linux or Windows. - GiggleStick, on 12/28/2007, -0/+12Why don't we figure out a way that everyone's computers can communicate together.
- jimmiejaz, on 12/28/2007, -2/+14Look before you speak, Seamonkey
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://www.mozilla.org/
Seriously, you've just shown everyone you don't have a clue. - TheDarkTrumpet, on 12/28/2007, -5/+17I'm glad someone brought up this already.
Those who don't know, with Exchange server, it hosts your email as well as your calendar/contacts/etc. The reason why it's so important for corporate america (or many universities) is because if you're scheduling something, with exchange available you can check the availability of everyone prior to sending out the meeting request. It also keeps better tabs on who accepts and if they will come or are more tentative.
Also, with the email portion, you can set delegates to read your email if need be (out for an extended time).
While I dislike outlook a lot, there are features with Exchange that force me to use it at work. I use Outlook just for meeting management, outside that, I still use mail.app, iCal, etc. I really wish a lot of this stuff would integrate better with exchange (yeah, I know Entourage does..but that is one horrible piece of software) - Voxxov, on 12/28/2007, -1/+13try again:
error 403 - Access Denied
error 404 - Not Found - ryodoan, on 12/28/2007, -1/+12Outlook killer Spicebird 2.0 from the makers of Firefox, Mozilla, puts Microsoft to shame with its Open Source nature and ability to run on Ubuntu and Macs.
Hmm... need more buzz words still... - directrix13, on 12/28/2007, -0/+11I believe you mean ubiquitous.
- jrbrewin, on 12/28/2007, -3/+14google apps includes 'everything'? by everything you are, of course, excluding 'functionality'?
- druidskeep, on 12/28/2007, -2/+13I HATE outlook!
- HonoredMule, on 12/28/2007, -1/+11I fail to see a distinction between Firefox and most of those other names. "something-zilla" is pretty stupid, but the rest are all on very equal footing. How exactly are Firefox, Thunderbird, or Tinderbox stupid names? Are they quantifiably worse or less 'professional' than the names Explorer, Notepad, 3DS Max, Movie Maker, Hammer, Copperhead, Finder, Safari, Tide, Bounty, or Black & Decker?
- strictnein, on 12/28/2007, -0/+10Ambiguous?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. - ratbear, on 12/28/2007, -1/+11Spicebird - Quite possibly the gayest name in the history of software.
- NovaBandit, on 12/28/2007, -0/+9Inconceivable!
- widgetmaker, on 12/28/2007, -2/+10You mean people pointing out why this wont succeed?
- astrotrain, on 12/28/2007, -1/+9Zed: Bring out the GIMP.
Maynard: But the Gimp's sleeping.
Zed: Well, I guess you're gonna have to go wake him up now, won't you? - orangefly, on 12/28/2007, -1/+8why would you use microsoft software so soon after it is released....???....are you new...???....
- likwidfuzion, on 12/28/2007, -0/+7Someone obviously hasn't worked in a corporation yet.
- s1oan, on 12/28/2007, -5/+12What the *@#$% is wrong with you people?
These guys make a great program and all you can say is "I don't like its name" or "it doesn't have this or that"?
Have you considered how much work does it take to create a program like this?
Take a look to all the features it already has and stop being smartasses. - cotaskmemalloc, on 12/28/2007, -3/+9Dugg down for the following reasons:
1) Stupid ***** name of the product
2) So far from an Outlook killer that isn't not even funny (Not even a Windows Mail killer, and who uses that, seriously?)
3) I'm sick of all this sensationalist ***** - pcpimpster, on 12/28/2007, -1/+7Outlook killer? Diggas Please. It will be an outlook killer when more people complain they arent using it over the ones who would complain that i made them use it. /IT
- brstilson, on 12/28/2007, -24/+30I agree. Plus, the names the Mozilla foundation chooses for its applications quite frankly are very unprofessional. You're not going to convince a CTO to dump IE and Outlook for software called "Firefox" and "Spicebird," no matter how good and free they actually are. First impressions matter, and too often the names people choose for OSS don't assist in that function at all.
- technoredneck, on 12/28/2007, -2/+8I also agree, but I Dugg it anyway, because I see potential in just using the software for me.
- widgetmaker, on 12/28/2007, -1/+7Most the population then?
- TofuMatt, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6To be fair, most people (myself and those I work with too) prefer the Unix-style app: do one thing, and do it well. E-mail programs tend to actually be a bit of an exception, as they often deal with contacts, feeds, and junk like that, but I don't want Safari/Mail/Address Book/iCal/iChat/etc. to all be the same app. Think Firefox is bulky now -- try adding Thunderbird to it :P
- chedabob, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6To be fair though, there's nothing really stopping you from changing the name in the source code, re-doing the Chrome to look more professional, and then releasing a more Enterprise orientated version.
- technoredneck, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5Reminds me of Spice Girls. :(
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