[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Kevin A. Burton wrote:
>
> > Jeff Prickett wrote:
> >
> > So the problem I think is that iCalendar isn't an XML protocol. It (and
> > other protocols like LDAP/IMAP) are dead in most respects. Defining
> > wire protocols for every single applications is an old approach and
> > won't happen except in certain situations like hardware devices where it
> > might actually be needed.
> >
>
> Yes, true. iCalendar may also be dead simply because those who have fat
> client calendaring software have too much invested in their own
> proprietary systems. An open source implementation could break that open.
>
> One of the reasons I chose to implement iCalendar was mainly because of
> the upfront design work. It defines what your objects look like and there
> are even standards on how those objects should interact. For this parsing
> is not really necessary. Just look at the properties/objects and hack it
> together.
>
One of the cool things about using a standard... even if it isn't
supported is that it was usually thought out and shouldn't have many
implementation issues.
Microsoft and Lotus are somewhat into iCalendar because they can claim
interoperability with each other and sell more products.
I think that an OSS reference like Apache HTTPD would be really cool!
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> Hmmm, sounds interesting I would never have thought of this. What about
> performance issues? As much as I try I just cant keep up with all this as
> much as I would like. Only so many hours in the day.
I really don't think it will be too bad. The only thing we couldn't
control is the layering but we could possibly short-circuit that and
make it thinner.
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