[maemo-developers] Beta testing a simple communication package

[From: Cedric Cellier]

-[ Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 09:02:17PM +0000, Andrew Flegg ]----
> How does it relate to Telepathy, Conduit and OpenSync; if at all?

It's independant on anything. I didn't knew Conduit nor OpenSync, but
considered Kolab before rejecting it because of being too complex.
I needed something dead simple so that I could easily add anything
that pops up in my mind : list manager, project management, instant messaging,
video conferencing, geolocalization sharing, or anything new one need.

To achieve this, I had to throw out of the client compatibility with
external protocols - while Telepathy, for instance, is more an abstract
layer above them. When compatibility to other protocols is required,
it's implemented on a central server as a gateway. Needing a central
server is really the price to pay here, but it also much simpler than
multi-host peer to peer synchronisation, and offer some possibilities
(like, say, archiving voice calls for free).

I know that one should try to reuse existing software before starting
adding his own pile of stuff to the enormous stock of bad code that
already exist out there. I just couldn't resist :-)

> > So if you are interrested by unified communication and/or cloud computing
> > (sorry for so many buzwords), curious or just plain masochist, and are able to
> > ssh you way through your tablet's file system, please drop me a note.
> 
> Definitely.

Thank you. I will let you know where and when the software is
debianized.