- Group-Office
software infobox
name=Group-Office
caption=Summary view of Group-Office
operating_system=Platform-independent
developer= [http://www.intermesh.nl/ Intermesh]
genre=Groupware
website= [http://sourceforge.net/projects/group-office/ sf.net] [http://www.group-office.com/ Official site]
language = Chinese, English, French, Japanese, and Russian [cite web | url = http://www.wiseknot.co.jp/corp/press/press_050913.html | title = OSS groupware "Group-Office" | format = ja icon | date = 2005 September 13th | accessdate = 2007-01-15 ]
latest_release_version = 2.18-Stable8
latest_release_date = release date|2007|08|12Group-Office is a
PHP based dual license commercial/open sourcegroupware product developed by Dutch company Intermesh. The Open Source version, GroupOffice Community, is licensed under theGPL , and is available viaSourceForge . GroupOffice Professional is a commercial product.The online suite puts independent office applications onto a central server, making them accessible through a web browser. [ [http://www.osia.net.au/news/oswald/oswald_73_period_ending_23_may_2004_osl_weekly_open_source_digest Open Source Industry Australia] ] The suite includes addressbook, calendar, email, timesheet, notes and website content management modules. The email client has IMAP and POP3 support, the calendar supports
iCalendar import, and the professional version can be synchronised withpersonal digital assistant s, [http://www.group-office.com/index.php?folder_id=264&file_id=398 Group-Office.com: Modules for Group-Office] ]mobile phone s, [ [http://www.group-office.com/index.php?folder_id=270&file_id=436 Group-Office Professional 2.16 released] ] andMicrosoft Outlook . [ [http://freshmeat.net/projects/group-office/ freshmeat.net: Project details for Group-Office ] ] In the Professional version, it is possible to create templates to export toOpenOffice.org . Files can be managed in an inbuilt file manager, and accessed through Samba, with webDAV support planned. Users may be managed within the application or in an LDAP system.cite web | url = http://www.osnews.com/story.php/7074/Group-Office-2.2-Pro-Review/page1/ | title = OSnews: Group-Office 2.2 Pro Review | author = Bob Minvielle | date = May 17, 2004 | accessdate = 2007-01-15 ] The content management system includes an HTML editor, but also allows external editors to be used.A LAMP environment is recommended on the server, and an OSNews.com review describes the installation process as "straightforward".
Linux is [http://www.group-office.com/index.php?folder_id=264&file_id=415 recommended ] as the system software, but it also runs on otherUnix systems, includingBSD Unix , includingMac OS X . From version 2.17 and up,Microsoft Windows is also supported as the system software.As of November 2006, the project has had over 146,000 downloads from SourceForge since its public appearance in March 2003. [ [http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=76359&ugn=group-office&type=&mode=alltime SourceForge.net: Project Statistics For Group-Office groupware ] ] Group-Office has had a stall and presentations at Linux Wochen 2005 in Vienna. [ [http://www.group-office.com/index.php?folder_id=270&file_id=425 Group-Office.com: Group-Office at Linux weeks in Vienna] ] , and OSC2005 in
Tokyo . [cite web | url = http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/modules/eventrsv/index.php%3Fid=1.html | title = OSC2005-Fall timetable | format = ja icon | accessdate = 2007-01-15] The software has been translated into 27locale cite news | url = http://japan.zdnet.com/news/software/story/0,2000056195,20087209,00.htm | title = ワイズノット、OSSグループウェア「Group-Office」をレンタルサーバにバンドル (Wise knot, OSS groupware “Group-Office” in rental server bundle) | work = zdnet (Japan) | format = ja icon | date = 2005/09/14 | accessdate = 2007-01-15 ] with local communities in Japan [http://group-office.jp/] and Austria [http://www.group-office.at/] . Version 2.13 of the software was included in the DutchThe Open CD cite web | url = http://opencd.dischosting.nl/opencd2.1/disctree/nl/group-office_desc.html | title = Group Office | work = The Open CD | format = nl icon | accessdate = 2007-01-15 ]See also
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List of collaborative software References
External links
[http://www.group-office.com/index.php?site_id=1&file_id=418 comparison of the Professional and the Community versions]
[http://www.ictv.it/file/vedi/445/groupoffice/ A video about Group-Office by an italian WebTv channel, called ICTv]
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