Via Tim Bray, Jamie Zawinski's excellent post on the topic of open source groupware.
Groupware being one of the top reasons I started screaming and shouting every time they cautiously raised the topic of commission*, I completely agree with jwz - it's just not sexy enough to succeed as open source.
Even our managers, who need their link to our Exchange** server more than oxygen, hate Outlook** and all it represents, and although all developers/designers need some collaboration software, to the point where I think it's the #1 most important CASE*** tool beyond the standard issue whiteboard, I too feel more comfortable with wiki, IM and plain email (my "employer"'s approach to VPN is a bit more drastic than Sun's though…).
Apropos software that can get a twenty-something laid:
I've been thinking about reviving the FFDB project as a "for personal use" thing and developing it informally, since I didn't get enough support in an attempt of actual case study or just requirements analysis.
* - didn't happen lately, I think I've made my point clear. ** - it's no secret we're all-Microsoft on the desktop at work. *** - Rational and Mercury - take a hint. Actually, forget it. I don't care about shelfware anyway.
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