This is ridiculous. I’ve been looking for a multi-user, multi-platform calendaring system for a long, long time and have yet to find a decent solution. How stinking hard can it be?
I don’t care if it’s Open Source or commercial – I want something that:
- Runs and syncs on Solaris, Mac OSX, Linux and Windows
- Rich client (read: not web-based) on each of the above-mentioned operating systems
- Allows for server-side configurable reminders
- Allows for reservation of resources, such as conference rooms, overhead projectors, loaner laptops, etc.
- Allows for groups of users in order to easily schedule large-scale meetings
- Allow for proxies, so administrative assistants can set up meetings for their bosses
And really, I don’t need any more than that. I don’t need a “groupware” solution. We already have task tracking, code repositories, file sharing and webmail. Oracle Calendaring is blatant overkill, Meetingmaker stinks to high heaven and won’t do server-side reminders, Open Exchange simply won’t work for me, OpenGroupware (egah!) is, once again, overkill, Hula Server looks nice but isn’t much more than an email server at the moment.
*sigh*
It can’t be difficult, can it? Why doesn’t someone write a SOAP-based server that would let anything hit it? Why must we always involve the ever-so-vile WebDAV?
Gah. I’m beyond frustrated.
