The chief reasoning for using iCal revolves around it being usable without being overly complex and its being free of charge. We are all on Macs (bar one remote) so there is no need for cross platform functionality. Meeting Maker looks like much the same thing with knobs on but I do hate companies which are coy about their pricing - I could see nothing to indicate a cost, single or for multiuser licensing. We are also buying into the whole Apple integration thing, in the confident expectation that it will get better :0]
What I find unbelievable is that with, with Rendezvous, you can share your photos and you can share your music around the network but you don't seem to be able to share anything useful, like your calendars. I find it doubly strange that no programmer has spotted the shortfall and done something about it, unless Apple are frustrating development by withholding or charging for the necessary resources to use Rendezvous for this purpose.
I may pluck up courage to have a go at the server thinggy. Is there some more information I can read somewhere to familiarize me with the concept of how a simple server on the machine might work without additional server software and how I may be able to justify doing the work because of other potential benefits beyond iCal.
Did I read somewhere that you can make a screen saver our of an iCal.......?
Drew
On 16 Apr 2004, at 01:20, Dave Edwards wrote:
Maybe I've not been paying attention but I've yet to see anything new or
innovative in the iCal product other the fact it's bundled with the OS.
The product below has been doing the job since 1990. It first appeared on
the Mac although these days it's multi-platform.
http://meetingmaker.com/solutions/meetingmaker/
Not seen it since 5.0 or familiar with current pricing.
Dave
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