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Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> writes:

> wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry) writes:
> 
> > Well, does anyone actually USE this standard?  I'm pretty sure outlook does
> > _not_.  The only thing I've seen that uses it is the gnome calendar app.
> 
> According to http://www.imc.org/pdi/pdiprodslist.html, it can actually
> import and export in that format. And so do a bunch of other wares.

Well, importing and exporting are one thing, but every single meeting
request originating from outlook is in their own format, not vcalendar.  To
me, that spells a good 'migration path' to Gnus, not an interoperability
opportunity.  :(

-bp