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@@ -129,9 +129,15 @@
 	You need a plug-in called InsightConnector in version 1.x 
         from a company called Bynari (http://bynari.com).
 	This is proprietary software and you need to aquire a license.
-	Demo versions are available.
+	Demo versions are available. InsightConnector 2.x are reported to 
+        not working reliably with the Kolab server,
+<p>
 	A second company, konsec.com, announced 
-	to make a similiar plug-in offering in Q3 2003.
+	to make a similiar plug-in offering in Q2 2004.
+<p>
+Currently most success reports are available using the <a href="http://www.toltec.co.za/">Toltec Connector</a>
+ from a South African company. 
+
 
 <c>Windows Client
 <q>Is there no Free Software Outlook plugin? Will you create one?
@@ -174,31 +180,36 @@
 	to further outrun the competition with more innovative features.
 
 <c>Windows Client
-<q> Are there other Kolab clients on Windows than Outlook? 
-	Preferably Free Software?
+<q> Are there other Kolab clients on Windows than Outlook? Preferably Free Software?
+
 <a>
+Yes there are other Kolab clients on Windows. You may try the current Kolab webclient which is still under heavy development 
+and which will be fully integrated in future releases of the Kolab solution. 
 
-	We are not aware of other existing Kolab clients for Windows.
-        Within the Kroupware project we are not contracted
-        to create such a client.
-	A web based Kolab client for users is also not part
-	of the Kroupware project.
-	<p>
-	Some people report experimental versions of 
-	<a href="http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/"
-	>KDE libraries running on Cygwin with XFree86</a>.
-	Developers eventually might port the KDE Kolab Client
-	to this platform.
-	There is also a highly experimental 
-	<a href="http://iidea.pl/~js/qkw/"
-	>QT-KDE Wrapper</a> based on the proprietary QT version.
-	We do not expect any of this to be ready for production 
-	use in the foreseeable future, though.
-	<p>
+<p>
+There is also
+<a href="http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/">Aethera: Messaging and Groupware Client</a> from 
+<a href="ttp://www.thekompany.com">theKompany.com</a>.
 
+<p>
+We currently lack an indepth review but first tests look very promissing. Aethera is a cross platform solution 
+available for Win32 and KDE platforms. For a successful installation please read the accompanying documentation.
 
-<c>Kolab Server
+<p>
+We had some successful tests with experimental versions of
+<a href="http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/"
+>KDE libraries running on Cygwin with XFree86</a>.
+Developers eventually might port the KDE Kolab Client
+to this platform. The biggest complained sofar with this solution is usage of resources and speed.
+
+<p>
+There is also a highly experimental
+<a href="http://iidea.pl/~js/qkw/">QT-KDE Wrapper</a> based on the proprietary QT version.
+We do not expect any of this to be ready for production
+use in the foreseeable future, though.
+<p>
 
+<c>Kolab Server
 <q> What do you mean with Scalability?
 <a> 
 
@@ -312,4 +323,28 @@
 manually. Depending on your prefix the required command looks like
 	<ul>
 	  <li> cp /kolab/RPM/SRC/gdbm/gdbm-1.8.3/ndbm.h /kolab/include/
-        </ul>
+        </ul>a
+
+
+<c>Kolab Server
+
+<q> Why did you choose OpenPKG rpms. (I prefer, Fedora rpms, SUSE rpm, Debian deb....)
+
+<a>
+We think that OpenPKG is currently the best solution in order to be able to support many platforms 
+simultaneously. With the help of the OpenPKG people (especially Thomas Lotterer) we now can offer
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/">binary packages</a> for 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-suse9.0">SUSE 9.0</a>, 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-suse8.2">SuSE 8.2</a>, 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-rhl9">Redhat 9</a>,
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-rhel3">Redhat Enterprise Linux 3</a>, 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-gentoo1.4.3">Gentoo 1.4.3</a>, 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-freebsd5.2">FreeBSD 5.2</a>,
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-freebsd4.9">FreeBSD 4.9</a>, 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-fedora1">Fedora 1</a>, 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-debian3.1">Debian 3.1</a>, 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-debian3.0">Debian 3.0</a>, and 
+<a href="ftp://ftp.zfos.org/brew/kolab/BIN/kolab-20040217-2.0.0/ix86-debian2.2">Debian 2.2</a>.
+<p>
+More and very helpful information about <a href="http://www.openpkg.org">OpenPKG</a> and its packageing 
+philosophy can be learned from the OpenPKG <a href="http://www.openpkg.org/facts.html">Fact sheet</a>.