Consider Code Co-op from Relisoft http://www.relisoft.com/ It is a distributed version control system that works using email. A similar approach using peer-to-peer connection would work nicely. Garold (Gary) L. Johnson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] For application proliferation purposes, not requiring a server would help out alot. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Question: > > Would it be better to use a central-server for the collaborative > > envrionment like "ICQ" or should we use a more decentralized approach. > > (E.g. by using IRC to find the other participants and then create direct > > connections?) > > Depends on how it would be used. > > If the application would be used as to create a sort of "ad hoc" > collaborative environment, then the decentralized approach is > appropriate. > > But if the application would be used to create planned environments, > then a centralized approach is best. The application would be hosted > by an Application Service Provider, which everyone with a big pipe > wants to be nowadays. > > -Ryan -- Ryan Cole Programmer Analyst www.iesco-dms.com 707-468-5400 "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -Einstein
