Contacts, calendar, and e-mail - why can't they be connected?

jmacdonagh wrote:

So I've just installed RC1 of Vista and I'm at a crossroads. Where do I keep my personal information? I have the option of keeping it in Outlook (2007), Windows, or Windows Live Mail. They're all Microsoft products, but none of them work together.

1. Contacts. Outlook has it's address book, Vista has it's Contacts folder which holds VCards, and Windows Live Mail has it's own area for contacts. Messenger integrates with Windows Live Mail's contact set.

2. Calendar. Outlook has it's own one, Windows Calendar allows me to create them, and Windows Live Mail has it's own calendar (which you can't sync anymore... yay).

3. E-mail. Luckily I can use IMAP for most of my e-mail accounts. Except Windows Live Mail. I can either hit the website or I can do it in outlook. Windows Mail does not support HTTP e-mail accounts.

Anyway, here's my rant. I'm using 3 Microsoft products / technologies. Why aren't they helping me keep everything in sync?

Rossj wrote:



jmacdonagh wrote: So I've just installed RC1 of Vista and I'm at a crossroads. Where do I keep my personal information? I have the option of keeping it in Outlook (2007), Windows, or Windows Live Mail. They're all Microsoft products, but none of them work together.

Sure they do  they all use WinF.. oh. Sorry.

LaBomba wrote:

Too many teams not talking to each other...

jsampsonPC wrote:

Paolo, do you look alot like Billy Bob Thornton, or is that an actual picture of him in your avatar?

jsampsonPC wrote:

Secondly, what team do you work on at MS?

jsampsonPC wrote:

Crazy...has anybody ever told you that you resembled Billy Bob Thornton? Or is this just a picture that happened to catch you at your rare thornton-angle?