MiniG – Open Source webmail client with a touch of Gmail

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December 9th, 2009
Viktor Petersson

obm_logoDo you like the look and feel of Gmail, but are unhappy with Google’s view on privacy? If so, you might want to take a closer look at MiniG.

MiniG is an open sourced webmail client that is very similar to Gmail. While it’s not as polished at Gmail yet, it definitely has potentials. I stumbled across MiniG while looking into the collaboration software OBM, in which MiniG is the email component.

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French Government Goes Open Source with Mozilla and OBM

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October 29th, 2009
Viktor Petersson

Thunderbird Logo01.net today reported (French | Google Translate) that two governmental institutes that recently merged will be moving to a unified Open Source-based solution. The institutes is the General Tax Directorate (DGI) and the Directorate General of Public Accountancy (DGCP) merged to create the General Directorate of Public Finance (DGFiP).

DGI with 80,000 users previously used Lotus Notes, while DGCP with 50,000 users was using Microsoft Outlook (presumably with Exchange, but the article does not reveal this). On the desktop-side, this new solution will be using Mozilla Thunderbird for email with the Lightening calendar extension.

It might also be worth mentioning that this is not the first time a French government switches over to Thunderbird. The Department of Defence for instance, have already switched over 70,000 users over to Thunderbird.

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