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Stan Beer at Australian IT blog IT Wire today talks about a Windows version of Evolution the Linux desktop alternative to Microsoft Outlook.

“Evolution for Windows exists, it’s easy to install and it works! No sooner had the ink dried on an article I had penned bemoaning the fact that OpenOffice.org on the Windows platform does not include an equivalent to Microsoft’s Outlook, when a poster pointed me to a very exciting non-project.” Reports Beer.

Good tip. I’ve been happy with Thunderbird for around three years now but have started to miss having a built in calendaring client. So, this morning I added Lightning, the Thunderbird calendar extension (actually based on the stand-alone Firebird client) and downloaded Evolution for Windows to try both out. Both options seem less daunting than exporting my Thunderbird settings and mail back into Outlook.

Early impressions favor Lightning for me as Evolution for Windows is still very buggy right now with hung screens and such but its worth a look for early adopters and beta testers.

Related Reading

Evolution On Win 32 (Sourceforge)
Novell Drives Nail into Microsoft Office Coffin (IT Wire)
Export Thunderbird To Outlook (Broobles.com)
Importing Thunderbird Mails in Outlook and Outlook Express (Robert Peloschek)