Novell Releasing Hula and 200,000+ Lines of Code

H0ek writes "Seems Novell has announced at LinuxWorld Expo that they will be releasing 200,000+ lines of code to the community in the form of a project named Hula(TM). The project is derived from the Novell NetMail product and provides web-based email and calendaring. Seems our boy Nat Friedman has some info on this, too. If you were fortunate enough to get a MyRealBox email account, you will probably know what NetMail is like."

can't resist and can't succeed

[Bad Move]

Loser.

Re:Web-based email? Oh, that's sooo exciting

[Rei]

Yeah, but 200,000 lines of code! Think about that! Even after you remove all of the lines of "this comment intentionally left blank", you'll still have, what, 20k, 30k lines left? :)

Seriously, though: if you want webmail, what's wrong with Horde/Imp? I use that at home; it's pretty nice and full featured, if you can get past the configuration.

It's Mature Too

[Anonymous Coward]

I see on their Calendar idea mind map [hula-project.org], in the lower left is 'Rob Secretary'

Re:nuts for webmail

[boomgopher]

Do tell, why don't you like our ChewbaccaMail product?

Re:Why the silly names ? :(

[killjoe]

Word!.

Re:And it shows...

[Anonymous Coward]

Says you.

The hundreds of millions of employees of businesses around the world using Outlook would likely disagree. But as you said, you're not an "enterprise admin," so you've already admitted to having no idea what you're talking about.

Re:Why the silly names ? :(

[flacco]

Why do people insist on calling these projects such silly names ? :P I've been trying to get my company to go with NetMail, but... Hula ? My boss will just laugh at me:(

just make up an important-sounding acronym:

High-end Ultimate Life Assistant.

ok, that sucks. make up your own.

Dear Novell, CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATLY...

[MrIcee]

... or the Hawaiian Islands will be forced to shut you down for dilution of the word "Hula". For example, uses such as "Hula Calendar" dilutes the calendar of events for hula competitions, such as our Merry Monarch International Hula Competition which takes place in May of each year.

Mahalo nui loa