On 1/23/01 8:48 PM, "Michael W. Wellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If there were only standards *and* servers for such things <g>.
>
> Standards? The Internet was built by people who created standards first and
> then documented them.
Yes, but what standards exist for a calendar server? There is a standard,
iCal, that is akin to RFC 822, but there is no standard akin to POP/IMAP for
calendar servers. You could build your own (which we have) but then interop
isn't so great.
Of course with the advent of XML and existing transport protocols (HTTP) you
could very easily build a server that did everything over HTTP and used XML
schemas to describe data (wait we did that, Exchange 2000). Of course
implementing a product to take advantage of all this is a huge task and
currently has a limited user base.
> Of course, those people didn't have to deal with the justice department.
>
>> I think SIEVE is the only thing for rules right now. ACAP and the other pref
>> sharing protocol are a nightmare to deal with. Again, this is all about the
>> Chicken and Egg problem.
>
> #ifdef TONGUE_FIRMLY_IN_CHEEK
>
> I keep reading about what a great thing Microsoft BackOffice is. And I hear
> what great things you guys are going to do with Hotmail and it's 67+ million
> alleged users. Surely, there's some technology laying around...
yes lots, but not the right kind for now.
> I mean, the entire Microsoft .NET concept is predicated upon a central data
> store. For that, Microsoft went out and invented an yet another programming
> language...
So what, SUN did too.
> And I can't even get a little, tiny thing like a true centralized mail
> store? ;-)
Not yet.
> #endif /* TONGUE_FIRMLY_IN_CHEEK */
>
> mikel
>
>
> PS: If you don't, AOL or Yahoo! will.
You have to wait a few years my friend. Rome wasn't built in a day. The
standards and technology finally exist to actually do something on a grand
scale that makes a lot of sense, and can be easily adopted (SOAP, XML,
HTTP).
-Omar
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Program Manager - Entourage:mac - Macintosh Business Unit
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