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The Hula Project

Evolution
Evolution

Nat wrote: Today we are thrilled to be launching Hula, a new project to build an open source mail and calendar server. Hula is a really exciting project already in part because we think that we can fill a hitherto-unclaimed spot in the stack of open source applications and in part because we've "primed the pump" by basing it on an existing, functioning codebase: a Novell product called NetMail. NetMail already runs millions of calendars and mailboxes. And so we're starting off with the mundane work of building a functioning server done, leaving us to focus on creating interesting new functionality.

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Citadel is bloated?

Er, Citadel has few dependencies, and is trivial to administer. It isn't that heavyweight, and is trivial to install from http://easyinstall.citadel.org .

Is Citadel not viewed as credible in the eyes of The Hula Project? Why?

I don't really care if they want to create something like Hula, but it seems rather arrogant to suggest there are no other credible open-source projects in this space.