The differences are rather technical and detailed, but the basic problem is everyone has interesting ideas and limited money/time. They have to spend their time/money on what makes them happy, ie. realizing their ideas.
For a time being, that means fragmentation; but after a while there will be a consolidation where the "right" ideas win out. reX took SLUDP, and used the generic message to add ogre meshes and python scripting. 3Di modifies SLUDP to send Irrlicht meshes. Tribal I have no idea. Legacy reX also added separate Auth and Avatar servers, but they're deprecated. Taiga will use Cable Beach to add OpenID logins, and WebDAV for inventory. Cheers, On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Mark Malewski <mark.malew...@gmail.com> wrote: > OpenSim / RealXtend / 3Di / Tribal Media, > It seems like various groups have each headed in their own direction (3di, > Tribal Media, RealXtend, etc.) and it's very nice to see RealXtend make > "ModRex" as a module for OpenSim, but I'm still confused as to what the > exact differences are between a "Tribal Media" server, an OpenSim, OpenSim + > ModRex, and what a 3Di server are? > I understand that they all seem to be based on OpenSim, but is there any way > that we can possibly create a side-by-side chart on the OpenSim Wiki pages > that will show a comparison of all the different features of OpenSim > (vanilla) and then show the additional features of the various forks? > OpenSim + ModRex, and then show the various features of a Tribal Media > server, and a 3Di server? > So we can at least get a better (or clearer) understanding of what the > differences are between all the various server platforms, because with so > many different forks out there, it's extremely hard to even understand (or > know) what the differences are between all the various platforms. > I really do like how RealXtend at least brought their work back to the > OpenSim Community (in the form of "ModRex" as a module), but what additional > features are in a Tribal Media Server, and a 3Di server? > It's hard to keep track of all the various OpenSim forks out there, and the > various server platforms. Is there any way that we can at least get a > side-by-side comparison chart, to at least show and describe the differences > between the various servers (similar to how you can see the different > features between Microsoft Office Standard, Office Student, and Office > Enterprise Editions?) > Are there any plans to make the Tribal Media Server OpenSource? So that the > additional features of the Tribal Media Server could possibly be added back > into the OpenSim Community (or possibly be used to create an OpenSource > "Tribal_Media_Module"? Similar to how RealXtend created an OpenSource > "ModRex" module?) > It just seems very confusing as all the various groups head in opposite > directions working on various forks. > Would it be possible to create an OpenSource "Tribal_Media" module, and an > OpenSource "3Di" module as well? Similar to how realXtend created an > OpenSource "ModRex" module? > Mark > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend http://www.realxtend.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
