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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] [RFC]: KDE GroupWare solution
From:       Mirko Boehm <mirco.boehm () comcast ! net>
Date:       2002-06-15 19:05:51
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On Friday 14 June 2002 10:06, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
...
> > server-client solution. The current Applications in the kdepim and
> > kdenetwork modules are very nice but the are quite limited:
> >
> > - Peer to peer approach only (esp. KOrganizer)
>
> What is the benefit of having a calendar server over the peer-to-peer
> approach? I hear that quite often that KOrganizer should put its data on a
> server, but this has some drawbacks, e.g. slower access, possible
> unavailability and all kind of authorisation and security concerns. It
> would be interesting to hear some hard facts, why a server approach is
> better than the iTIP approach.

(Wow, what a thread since friday :-)

We have had the discussion about a server or not again and again. All 
arguments have been heard. My 2 cents:

Both approaches may have their advantages, but each and every decent group 
ware system out there in the real world is server based. And Outlook without 
an Exchange server is nothing more but a toy, and nobody uses it for group 
scheduling. 

All the other software developers do not stick to server based solutions 
without a reason (and I suppose it is not only about selling the server). 
This is why I do not understand that there are such reservations against a 
server solution.

I am very much in favor of a server, and I am sure that sticking to the 
peer-to-peer approach is one of the things that keep us from really moving on 
(especially since very few user-like people understand it at all :-) 

But until 3.1, we should take care to solve what can be solved until then. 

CU,

- --Mirko.
- -- 
You can't ride a horse without a horse. --Elmo.

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