In future, Linux users should be able to do Exchange RPC over HTTP, or "Outlook Web access", as that requires "almost no change" to OpenChange.

Exchange client coming to KDE with Akonadi

The OpenChange client already has some tools, but, by Hards' own admission, are not very user-friendly and are being integrated into the GUI desktop applications of Evolution in GNOME and which is a core part of KDE's PIM suite.

"Evolution does mail, address book, calendar, to-do lists, and memos from an Exchange 2007 server," Hards said. "The KDE one is not that good yet and has a little way to go. My experience is with Exchange 2003. The Public folders work and one user reported 40,000 e-mails working."

Akonadi is the framework, or "broker" for personal information management in KDE 4, but it is not KDE specific.