can anyone recommend an inexpensive network application that would allow all users to view & edit a calendar/planner?

How complicated is the calendar? You can create a simple calendar in Excel and save it to your network server. There's probably even a free template for it somewhere. Other employees can edit the cells and save their work.

andy,

Check this link out.

http://freeware-software.net-dot.net/Calenders/index.php?page=2 

If your computers are all networked together, I'm pretty certain MS Outlook will allow you to do all that.

Ruggsgirls

A lot of depends go along with that statement. But just in case everyone has outlook, but not on the same server.

Try this link.

http://sharecalendar.4team.biz/ 

Heather, I considered using outlook, but I just HATE to run it. I've always had problems with it, so I recommend Outlook Express for most of our users.