Canonical adds "excellent" Zimbra Desktop to Ubuntu partner repository

Stephen Withers
Friday, 08 August 2008 04:20

Business IT - Open Source

Yahoo!'s Zimbra Desktop email and calendar software will be available through the Ubuntu partner repository.

Zimbra Desktop provides on and offline access to Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL Mail and any other POP or IMAP email account, and uses the iCal standard for calendars.

The software also works with the Zimbra Collaboration Suite.

Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions for desktop use.

IBM is putting considerable effort into promoting Linux as an alternative to Windows for business desktops, and is working with Canonical, Novell and Red Hat to that end.

"The addition of Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop to our Partner Repository gives millions of Ubuntu users instant access to best-in-class messaging and collaboration," said Malcolm Yates, global ISV partner manager at Canonical.

"As we broaden the user base of Ubuntu, our users' needs are becoming more diverse and more complex. Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop is just the type of productivity tool they need, and we look forward to seeing adoption and deployment rates increase for this excellent tool within the Ubuntu community."

So how's the takeup of Zimbra Desktop by Ubuntu users been going without it being in the repository? Find out on page 2.