[Robotgroup] GNU/Open Source contact manager?

[Vern Graner]

Oh.. one more I'd like to replace is Visio... I know OOo Draw has some 
structured drawing tools, but w/o a stencil set it's really hard to use.. :(

Vern Graner wrote:
> In my quest to prepare for the Microsoft-free Linux lifestyle I envision
> for myself in the future, I'm trying to replace all the commercial
> Windows apps I use with equivalent GNU applications.
> 
> I've pretty much moved from/to the following:
> 
> Microsoft Office -> Open Office
> Outlook -> Thunderbird
> Internet Explorer -> Firefox
> Winzip -> 7zip
> Acrobat -> PDF creator
> WSftp -> Filezilla
> ICQ -> GAIM
> Picture Publisher -> The GIMP
> 
> So now, I need a contact manager / appointment calendar to replace ACT
> 2000. Of course, as I am still infected with Windows XP, the solution
> has to be something that has a Win32 version for now.
> 
> I've experimented with Sunbird and just recently with Lightning plug-in 
> for Thunderbird, but it really doesn't integrate with the address book 
> at all, which is pretty disappointing...
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> Vern
> 

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