<s>
GNOME	B-Application
Evolution	O
(	O
formerly	O
Novell	O
Evolution	O
and	O
Ximian	O
Evolution	O
,	O
prior	O
to	O
Novell	O
's	O
2003	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Ximian	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
official	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
an	O
official	O
part	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
since	O
Evolution	O
2.0	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.8	O
release	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
combines	O
e-mail	O
,	O
address	B-Operating_System
book	I-Operating_System
,	O
calendar	B-Application
,	O
task	B-Application
list	I-Application
and	O
note-taking	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
functionality	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Outlook	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evolution	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
GroupWise	I-Operating_System
plug-in	B-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Scalix	B-Protocol
plug-in	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
development	O
stopped	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evolution	B-Language
Data	I-Language
Server	I-Language
(	O
EDS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
libraries	O
and	O
session	O
services	B-Operating_System
for	O
storing	O
address	B-Operating_System
books	I-Operating_System
and	O
calendars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
California	O
and	O
GNOME	B-Application
Calendar	B-Application
depends	O
on	O
EDS	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
documentation	O
about	O
the	O
software	O
architecture	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
which	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
is	O
used	O
,	O
different	O
packages	B-Application
need	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
documentation	O
recommends	O
the	O
evolution-ews	O
package	O
(	O
which	O
uses	O
Exchange	O
Web	O
Services	B-Operating_System
)	O
for	O
Exchange	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
2007	O
,	O
2010	O
and	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
evolution-ews	O
does	O
not	O
work	O
well	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
advised	O
to	O
try	O
the	O
evolution-mapi	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
supports	O
Exchange	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
2010	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
possibly	O
older	O
versions	O
supporting	O
MAPI	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Exchange	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
2003	O
,	O
2000	O
and	O
possibly	O
earlier	O
versions	O
supporting	O
Outlook	B-Protocol
Web	I-Protocol
App	I-Protocol
the	O
package	O
evolution-exchange	O
is	O
recommended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
felt	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
e-mail	O
clients	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
could	O
provide	O
the	O
functionality	O
and	O
interoperability	O
necessary	O
for	O
corporate	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ximian	O
saw	O
an	O
opportunity	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
to	O
penetrate	O
the	O
corporate	O
environment	O
if	O
the	O
right	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
available	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
released	O
Evolution	O
1.0	O
in	O
December	O
2001	O
and	O
offered	O
the	O
paid	O
Ximian	O
Connector	O
plug-in	B-Application
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evolution	O
itself	O
has	O
been	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
from	O
the	O
start	O
,	O
but	O
Ximian	O
Connector	O
was	O
sold	O
as	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
so	O
that	O
Ximian	O
could	O
generate	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novell	O
decided	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
Exchange	O
plug-in	B-Application
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
Evolution	O
2.0	O
in	O
May	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reasons	O
given	O
for	O
the	O
decision	O
were	O
the	O
cessation	O
of	O
active	O
development	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
and	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
an	O
e-mail	O
client	O
with	O
good	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
Exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
Evolution	O
is	O
released	O
as	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
provide	O
packages	B-Application
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
for	O
end-users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evolution	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
on	O
several	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
which	O
use	O
GNOME	B-Application
by	O
default	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
Debian	O
and	O
Fedora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
has	O
replaced	O
Evolution	O
with	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
as	O
the	O
default	O
e-mail	O
client	O
since	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
11.10	O
Oneiric	O
Ocelot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
Evolution	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
but	O
these	O
ports	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Novell	O
released	O
an	O
installer	O
for	O
Evolution	O
2.6	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2005	O
,	O
Novell	O
's	O
Nat	O
Friedman	O
announced	O
in	O
his	O
blog	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
hired	O
Tor	O
Lillqvist	O
,	O
the	O
programmer	O
who	O
ported	O
GIMP	B-Application
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
same	O
with	O
Evolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
DIP	O
Consultants	O
released	O
a	O
Windows	O
installer	O
for	O
Evolution	O
2.28.1-1	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
slightly	O
more	O
recent	O
(	O
2010/2011	O
)	O
experimental	O
installer	O
for	O
Evolution	O
3.0.2	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
