[WinMac] XP Calendar software

Romeyn Prescott(prescor[at]potsdam.edu)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:46:37 -0400

>>For Mac users who are planning to migrate someday to Windows and who
>>currently have no appointment software, what would other readers
>suggest
>>that they buy?
>
>We are having the same problem. We have been using NUTD and Contact for
>a couple years and it does mostly what it's supposed to, but now some of
>my users are pushing for Windows.
>Qualcomm has purchased Now Software and is developing NUTD and Contact
>v4.0, which has been renamed Eudora Planner. The big change is that it
>is supposed to be truly cross-platform - you can have a Windows OR Mac
>server that will serve to BOTH Windows and Mac clients. The Windows
>version is out but the Mac version probably not until 4th quarter this
>year.

We have a 300-user license for Planner. We have it running on an NT server
and have successfully gotten it to work cross-platform with the release of
the Windows client and the current Mac beta.

I would wait, however, until they actually get around to releasing the Mac
version before I invest. They keep pushing back the release date. We
bought the product with the understanding that it would be released in
early July...

Also, they're tech support leaves a lot to be desired. I have ha an
outstanding issue with them for over three weeks now resulting in my not
being able to use Planner on my PC for that entire length of time. I have
to keep nagging them to get a response and now they've contacted SyBase in
an attempt to reolve my problem. (*sigh*)

We have a VERY large installed base (well, large for US) of NUTD users with
a multitide of departmental caledar servers all over campus. One of the
things we are anticipating with Planner is being able to install and manage
just ONE server for ALL users on campus. Administering over a dozen
calendar servers has been a nightmare.

...ROMeyn

-------------------------------------------
Romeyn Prescott
Distributed Computing / Telemedia Help Desk
SUNY Potsdam
Potsdam, NY 13676
315/267-3181
Lame Home Page: http://www2.potsdam.edu/DCTM/prescor/RomHome
-------------------------------------------

"Make it possible for programmers to write in English and you will
find out that programmers can not write in English."

                     --Jon Held

* Windows-MacOS Cooperation List *
* FAQ: <http://www.darryl.com/winmacfaq/> *
* Archives: <http://www.darryl.com/winmac/> *
* Subscribe: <mailto:winmac-on@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Subscribe Digest: <mailto:winmac-digest@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Unsubscribe: <mailto:winmac-off@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Fri Jul 24 1998 - 05:45:58 PDT