"Roger H. Goun" wrote:
> [...SNIP...]
> I have no idea if anyone's building an open source C&S application based
> on iCalendar. It's an awfully big job, and I note with some disappointment
> that open source PIMs always seem to lag far behind their commercial
> counterparts. (I'm still pining for Ecco, a wonderfully-powerful PIM for
> Windows that NetManage purchased, ruined, and cancelled a few years back.)
I think there's an inherent problem with open source in some niches, resulting
in
a competitive disadvantage vis a vis proprietary products, because of simple
economic forces. There are other priorities, like paying the rent, that
conflict
for open source volunteers' priorities but which coincide with proprietary
profit motives.
I'm wondering if the solution will turn out to be some sort of hybrid, with
some
proprietary products layered on top of open source platforms. See below...
> > FWIW, to answer some of the other comments in response to my original
> > question, one of the reasons I asked was because these features are an
> > important part of a couple of very successful Windoze groupware
> > products, and I think that it's essential for Linux to have equivalent
> > functionality in order to be a credible contender in the PC platform
> > space. From the answers I got I'd say that there is a reasonably good
> > solution for this particular requirement at least, but that the
> > general knowledge and documentation are still somewhat behind the PC
> > product vendors' offerings. If we can improve on that we may have a
> > contender!
>
> I agree. But who's going to step up and fund development of these
> badly-needed open source client applications? maddog, you still reading
> this list?
That's where I think the hybrid model might be an alternative. Problem
seems to me to be selecting the proper boundaries and balance between
open source and proprietary components. What do other folks think
about such possibilities?
--Bruce McCulley
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