Group-Office
Encyclopedia
Group-Office is a PHP
based dual license commercial/open source groupware product developed by Dutch company Intermesh. The Open Source version, GroupOffice Community, is licensed under the AGPL, and is available via SourceForge
. GroupOffice Professional is a commercial product.
The online suite puts independent office applications onto a central server, making them accessible through a web browser. The suite includes addressbook, calendar, email, timesheet, notes and website content management modules. The email client has IMAP
and POP3
support, the calendar supports iCalendar
import, and the professional version can be synchronised with personal digital assistant
s, mobile phone
s, and Microsoft Outlook
. In the Professional version, it is possible to create templates to export to OpenOffice.org
. Files can be managed in an inbuilt file manager, and accessed through Samba, with webDAV support planned. Users may be managed within the application or in an LDAP
system. The content management system includes an HTML editor, but also allows external editors to be used.
A LAMP
environment is recommended on the server, and an OSNews.com review describes the installation process as "straightforward". Linux
is recommended as the system software, but it also runs on other Unix
systems, including BSD Unix, and Mac OS X
. From version 2.17 and up, Microsoft Windows
is also supported as the system software.
As of November 2006, the project has had over 146,000 downloads from SourceForge since its public appearance in March 2003. Group-Office has had a stall and presentations at Linux Wochen 2005 in Vienna., and OSC2005 in Tokyo
. The software has been translated into 27 locale
with local communities in Japan http://group-office.jp/ and Austria http://www.group-office.at/. Version 2.13 of the software was included in the Dutch
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PHP
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
based dual license commercial/open source groupware product developed by Dutch company Intermesh. The Open Source version, GroupOffice Community, is licensed under the AGPL, and is available via SourceForge
SourceForge
SourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...
. GroupOffice Professional is a commercial product.
The online suite puts independent office applications onto a central server, making them accessible through a web browser. The suite includes addressbook, calendar, email, timesheet, notes and website content management modules. The email client has IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
Internet message access protocol is one of the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval, the other being the Post Office Protocol...
and POP3
Post Office Protocol
In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...
support, the calendar supports iCalendar
ICalendar
iCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics...
import, and the professional version can be synchronised with personal digital assistant
Personal digital assistant
A personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
s, mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s, and Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
. In the Professional version, it is possible to create templates to export to OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OOo or OpenOffice, is an open-source application suite whose main components are for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and databases. OpenOffice is available for a number of different computer operating systems, is distributed as free software...
. Files can be managed in an inbuilt file manager, and accessed through Samba, with webDAV support planned. Users may be managed within the application or in an LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol network...
system. The content management system includes an HTML editor, but also allows external editors to be used.
A LAMP
LAMP (software bundle)
LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free, open source software, referring to the first letters of Linux , Apache HTTP Server, MySQL and PHP , principal components to build a viable general purpose web server.The GNU project is advocating people to use the term "GLAMP" since what is known as...
environment is recommended on the server, and an OSNews.com review describes the installation process as "straightforward". Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
is recommended as the system software, but it also runs on other Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
systems, including BSD Unix, and Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. From version 2.17 and up, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
is also supported as the system software.
As of November 2006, the project has had over 146,000 downloads from SourceForge since its public appearance in March 2003. Group-Office has had a stall and presentations at Linux Wochen 2005 in Vienna., and OSC2005 in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. The software has been translated into 27 locale
Locale
In computing, locale is a set of parameters that defines the user's language, country and any special variant preferences that the user wants to see in their user interface...
with local communities in Japan http://group-office.jp/ and Austria http://www.group-office.at/. Version 2.13 of the software was included in the Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
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