First I'd like to say what a great app Roundcube seems to be. I've only run the demo for the moment but it looks really promising.
I found Roundcube through several posts on the vtiger.com. For those of you that don't know what vTiger is, its an open source CRM app written in PHP that I use and would like to see improved. The one thing that vTiger really needs is an integrated, fully functional email app. It currently has a built in one but its pretty bad to use and the functionality sucks.
The reason I'm posting here is because many people feel the same way and while I personally would love to see Roundcube integrated into vTiger I also really think it may be in the best interest of Roundcube in the long term.
vTiger has a huge following. If the Roundcube community were to consider integrating their app into vTiger, Ithink that the benifits would be apparent on both sides. Firstly, you would instantly have a huge following since tiger is so well supported and you would end up with more resources from the community at large which in turn would help propel Roundcube at a rate not currently possible. On the flip side, many more people would choose vTiger because of a stable and fully functional email client that is not available from any of their competition. Again Roundcube would benifit from the increased user base.
So, I would humbly request that the Roundcube community and developers consider this request. Some of us would also be happy to donate to the Roundcube developers for their efforts. I would like to start by offering a $500 bounty towards this and others have also pledged.
Roundcube would still remain a standalone app outside of this integration and users of vTiger would also be very comfortable using the stand alone version for their day to day tasks.
I hope I do not offend anyone for placing this post here and I appreciate you taking the time to read it.
Thannks in advance.