If you're doing it for fun, I would definitely say help out one of the existing projects, we'll get a lot further by concentrating resources for the moment than scattering them around in a bunch of half-baked systems.
If for some reason you feel absolutely compelled to do something from scratch (a trait many programmers feel, in particular beginning ones), look for a transport opportunity. For example an IMAP to Jabber gateway would be very cool. You get to write a server-like system from scratch, probably be as much fun (or even more fun from satisfaction from providing such as an important piece) and help grow the Jabber community. Or perhaps you like playing with code. Go through jabberd line by line and see what could be improved upon. And/or document the parts. I know documentation seems so beneath us, but it's a great way to learn how to program a system when you're new to the group. And I'm not talking War & Peace here. Just a few email/blogs would go a long way to improving things. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niels Berglund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:30 PM Subject: RE: [JDEV] jabberCom - but for Server > > Why do you want to develop a server? :) > > Just for fun :-) > > > > > You might do better to contribute to some of the existing server > efforts: > > OK - thanks! > > Niels > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of > > Peter Saint-Andre > > Sent: 20 August 2002 17:24 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [JDEV] jabberCom - but for Server > > > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
