MonoCalendar: A cross-platform open source iCal clone

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MonoCalendar: A cross-platform open source iCal clone

by Jordan Running Apr 24th 2006

I've never used iCal, but I've never met a Mac owner who doesn't. Since iCal is Mac-only, Borja Sanchez Zamorano decided to create a clone in .NET that runs on Windows or Linux using Mono called MonoCalendar (get it?). "Clone" might not be entirely fair, since Zamorano says "MonoCalendar does not try to be a iCal substitute," but rather a substitute for the Macless. MonoCalendar seems to be making rapid progress and sure looks like iCal, so if you've been looking for a calendar app that feels like iCal, it wouldn't hurt to check it out.

Tags: apple, calendar, crossplatofrm, dotnet, ical, linux, mac, mono, monocalendar, net, office, opensource, oss, windows

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Paul Louden said 7:34AM on 4-25-2006

Tried it don't like it.
Will 'uninstall' but Windows will NOT let me delete the folder or any of the files within. Really sucks.

TuxGirl said 12:43AM on 5-03-2006

Has anybody gotten this to work on Linux or FreeBSD? I haven't had any luck yet...
~TuxGirl

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