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Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Just leave a note in a mayonnaise jar on the steps of Funk & Wagnalls

Does anyone know of a freeware calendar/scheduler program that can be used on a network? Different trial versions have been downloaded. They ended in miserable failure. Several attempts have been made to use Sunbird, but trying to use webdav requires extra doses of medication. Very frustrating.

Why is this type of software needed? Take Emporer Mofat of Zamboni, for example. Emporer Mofat has a very busy schedule and several people have been hired to keep up with his various activities. They sometimes make conflicting appointments because the Emporer has a large office complex on several floors in the royal palace. Emporer Mofat is a kind and considerate ruler and tolerates the glitching of an otherwise smooth workflow. But the vassals and minions are constantly frustrated because they cannot do their job to the utmost efficiency which would please Emporer Mofat and they LIVE to make him happy.

In another scenario you have Emporer Mofat's neighboring country, Bootalia, that is ruled by a triumvirate consisting of Cornelia, Julia and Licinia. They do not need one calendar, but three so their centurions, etc. can post to each individual leader's schedule. This can be server based or on each individual machine of the leaders. Everyone would be networked, have access to the three schedules and be able to read or post to them. This would leave the leaders more time to spend with their husbands and boyfriend, Julius, Pompey and Crassus.

Another neighboring country, Accountia, is actually split into two different areas. The ruling faction is another benevolent ruler named Cleopatra. Of course her title is Countess. Coordination between the two areas is important. Her workers are busy with tasks at hand and need to find a way they will not overlap appointments, blocks of the pyramids, etc. This will have to be done with a LAN and a WAN and possibly a snake. Yes, I know this will probably involve the mysterious webdav. Ahhhhh, the dilemna of scheduling is a mighty one.

So, does anyone know of a freeware calendar/scheduler? Or even a decent shareware program that doesn't require voodoo spells to install and implement. Inquiring minds wanna know.

"I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule."
-Boone

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