Outlook lock-in could vanish with new open source projects

    Outlook lock-in could vanish with new open source projects


    Posted: 24 May 2010
    Outlook lock-in could vanish with new open source projects


    Back in February, Microsoft released public specifications for PST files, the databases used by Outlook for storing and archiving e-mail. To these specifications, Microsoft has now added a pair of developer-oriented open source projects: the PST Data Structure View Tool for cracking open PSTs to browse inside them, and the PST File Format SDK, a cross-platform C++ library for working with PST files programmatically.
    Source: Outlook lock-in could vanish with new open source projects

    Woohoo!

    ~Lordbob
    Lordbob75's Avatar Posted By: Lordbob75
    24 May 2010



  1. Posts : 274
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    When there is a comparable product to the Exchange/Outlook duo, THEN people will migrate. Currently, there is nothing that provides the power, flexibility and ease of Exchange/Outlook.
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  2. Posts : 6,885
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    surfasb said:
    When there is a comparable product to the Exchange/Outlook duo, THEN people will migrate. Currently, there is nothing that provides the power, flexibility and ease of Exchange/Outlook.
    Thunderbird does a pretty good job actually.

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  3. Posts : 51,476
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    Lordbob75 said:
    Thunderbird does a pretty good job actually.

    ~Lordbob

    With exchange?
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    z3r010 said:
    Lordbob75 said:
    Thunderbird does a pretty good job actually.

    ~Lordbob

    With exchange?
    Oh I see. I actually don't know, but I would assume not.

    In that case, no nothing can match it.

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  5. Posts : 12,177
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    Will be interesting to see what comes from this release.

    Might rev up the e-mail software available, hope we see improvements now that it will be easier for people to switch to another program.

    How does this fit into the MS cloud plan?
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