Related Rogue Valley View post “Making Linux work for Windows programs”
Might be useful for estimations
http://civicrm.org/blogs/erikhommel/make-it-happen-civicase-configuration-ui#comments
Might actually work for this purpose
http://www.dolibarr.org/onlinedemo
or
https://www.vtiger.com/crm/open-source/
or
http://www.sogo.nu/english/about/why_use_sogo.html
or – self-contained web page designer
http://www.simple-groupware.de/cms/
maybe, it has a nice free/busy
http://www-old.kolab.org/screenshots.html#fbview_2_2
maybe but think not
http://www.opencrx.org/tour-features.htm#groupware
Interesting articles to study
Needles is a practice management product (20 users = $16,000 + annual support)
Has some nice screen shots and description
http://www.needles.com/product/overview
CRM in Law Firms: The Jury’s Still Out [2008]
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/62727.html
Client relation management article — ABA
http://www.americanbar.org/publications/gp_solo/2011/june/client_relationshipmanagement.html
A simple matter-manager for a small law firm [2008]
http://ask.metafilter.com/100146/A-simple-mattermanager-for-a-small-law-firm
Turn Thunderbird into a Groupware Client with SOGo Connector
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/482178:weekend-project-turn-thunderbird-into-a-groupware-client-with-sogo-connector
Search terms
open source client management for attorney office
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Open source projects
DAViCal
open-source CalDAV server for calendar sharing
http://www.davical.org/index.php
SOGo
SOGo provides a rich AJAX-based Web interface and supports multiple native clients through the use of standard protocols such as CalDAV, CardDAV and GroupDAV.
http://www.sogo.nu/english.html
Funambol
Thunderbird
Lightning
VMware
Linux
Postgresql or MariaDB
contacts have a calendar
I’m unable to invite someone who does not have an email address
imaging giving all clients the same email address, or even the attorney’s/aide
won’t work because the email address is used to find the contact
regular crm requires each contact to be a member in order to create a calendar
Lighning would allow as many calendars as wanted(?)
Users could subscribe to the calendars they want to (200 per division?)
SOGo server
SOGo Integrator
Funambol for smart phones
Thunderbird and Ligtning for local machines
Profile manager/
Schedule a room include multiple calendars
Schedule an appointment include multiple calendars
Check for conflicts
Create a client/check for conflicts