groupware

As javilinsharp pointed out in his post, the groupware solutions that are out there seem to be missing our niche (small dev shops in general -- not just Drupal) entirely. So, I have to ask:

What features would you want, or definitely not want, in a groupware solution for your company?

truzZ est à la fois une plate-forme communautaire multi-sites et un extranet collaboratif, conçue pour faciliter la collaboration, le partage et la mise en page du contenu. C'est une distribution de Drupal créée par Likwid et destinée à être diffusée sous licence libre GPL.

Innovante, cohérente, générique, truzZ est l'outil rêvé pour les communautés en ligne, les entreprises à établissements multiples et les organisations structurées en fédération.

Main features of the groupware and Collaborative Working Environment like:

GROUPWARE
1.egroupware (http://www.egroupware.org/)
2.horde (http://www.horde.org/)
3.phprojekt (http://www.phprojekt.com)
4.moregroupware (http://www.moregroupware.de)
5.opengroupware (http://www.opengroupware.org)

CRM
1.sugarcrm (http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/)
2.civicrm (http://civicrm.org/) This project is just integer in drupal (see here)!

are:

Management user, group, support different languages and:

1.Board
2.Address-book – contacts management
3.Organizations management

Does anybody know about opengroupware ??

Maybe it could be interesting to study how to make opengroupware.org tools available through a Drupal interface (maybe built with Flex 2 SDK for the client side while using Services/Amfphp drupal modules in the server side)

It's just an Idea, I haven't had the time to study the project by myself...

Regards,
Manuel J. Perez

What exactly was the initial the focus and perspectives of this group? The brief description on the top of the main page does not provide sufficient information to trigger interest, I believe.

Does anyone have any ideas why work in this group did not picked up?

Waiting for Drupal 5.0 ?

The things I see as really being key to making this happen are CCK, Views and install profiles. Meaning that the next version of Drupal should be really ripe for pushing an effort like this forward, though I'm sure there will be lots of tweaking and customizing to get it 'just right'.

When I'm not late for an appointment, I'll outline what I believe are the key things a groupware implementation should include.