[OGo-Documentation] Book review of Open Groupware

[Adam Williams]

>   I'm writing a book to promote OpenSource to business and have reviewed
>OpenGroupware in the Groupware/Messaging chapter. Could someone check what I
>have? Any additions, errors, or suggestions are welcomed. I hope to wrap this

You have at least one rather serious mis-categorization.  You place both
Zimbra and Open-Exchange as "Messaging Email Server".  Both of these
packages are "Team Effort/Groupware", closer to the category of
OpenGroupware than a mail message server.  That category should include,
at least: Cyrus IMAPd, and possibly Courier and Dovecot.  The *focus* of
neither of the listed products is specifically e-mail;  although both
provide at least e-mail front-end functionality - as does OpenGroupware
(and nearly countless other products/projects).

Also your "Financial Incentives" charts should include at least a
footnote indicating that these numbers are based on retail prices -
organizations of any significant size can purchase site/seat licenses of
products like M$-Office for FAR FAR FAR LESS than street retail price.
Exaggerating the *immediate* price savings of Open Source software makes
it child's play for a competing pro-proprietary consultant to trash the
integrity of your document.  It is hard for me even to recount the
number of times I've watched a site lost by an over-eager advocate.

>up in the next two weeks. A later edition will probably follow in 2007. The
>goal is to show businesses "what" is available and then let them investigate
>more. Let them see the huge number of OpenSource packages out there.
>http://www.serviza.com/SoftwareIsFree-ForBusiness.pdf

I'd be happy to write a short section on OpenGroupware.  I assume it is
acceptable to submit this as an ODT file?

>Thanks,
>TimJowers
> P.S I've tried to sign up on this list twice with no luck.