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Outlook Express : Thunderbird :: Outlook : ?

FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤinterior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
edited February 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm looking for a personal information manager that doesn't suck. One that's lightweight, low footprint, and preferably open source or at least doesn't use a closed proprietary database format - something along the lines of Firefox or Thunderbird but for my calendar and phonebook. I use Outlook and Lotus Notes at work and dislike them both (slow, resource hogs, tons of features I'll never use, proprietary databases, etc.). The only PIM I've ever used that I liked was Palm Desktop, but I'm wondering... is there a decent open PIM out there?

Requirements: Must run on Windows XP. Must work offline (so no Google web apps).

Also, Pim Question the Second! Is there a decent open collaboration server platform out there? I've worked with Domino, Exchange, and Novell and hated them all.

every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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  • jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Have you looked into Thunderbird extensions? They've got some pretty extensive addons that can likely do a lot of what you're interested in. One in particular called Lightning adds the calendar functionality you mentioned. Here's the addon site:

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/browse/type:1

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Mozilla sunbird is a calendar app, it's pre 1.0 though.

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I'll check both of those out.

    Am I insane in thinking that all PIMs suck and that nobody's got it quite right yet?

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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