08/02/2004 At LinuxWorld Expo San Francisco, Netline Internet Service announced that
it would contribute its OPEN-XCHANGE(TM) Server under the GNU General
Public License (GPL) -- giving customers and partners the ability to
download the code for free as well as to contribute to the project.
OPEN-XCHANGE(TM) Server, which is used in Novell's SUSE Linux
Openexchange Server, is a modular, standards-based communications
tool that provides businesses with flexible groupware functions including
e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks and real-time document storage.
"OPEN-XCHANGE(TM) is built with open source components -- making the
source code available under the GPL was clearly the most logical next-step
in its evolution," said Frank Hoberg, chief executive officer, Netline
Internet
Service. "As demand for an open communications product increases, the open
source community will help greatly accelerate innovation."
"The GPL release of OPEN-XCHANGE(TM) is good for customers and
developers," said Ed Anderson, vice president of product marketing for
Novell's
Nterprise platform services group. "Novell has been a leader in
collaboration for many years, and we recognize the value of open source in
the rapid development of software and its responsiveness to users' needs.
That value is now part of SUSE Linux Openexchange Server as it brings
collaboration stability and affordability to customers using Linux."
The open source version of OPEN-XCHANGE(TM) will be available free by
download at www.open-xchange.org and www.openexchange.com by the end of
August and will feature most of the award-winning attributes of the
commercial product, but without support and maintenance, third-party
applications and connectors.
Please read the full press announcement at www.open-xchange.org.
For information on SUSE Linux Openexchange Server, please click here.
Press Contact:
Jasmin Ul-Haque
Novell, Inc
Phone: +44 (0)1344 326-900
E-mail: juh@novell.com
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