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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] [RFC]: KDE GroupWare solution
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-06-19 8:08:32
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On Wednesday 19 June 2002 04:55, Nick Papadonis wrote:
> Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org> writes:
> > For the typical task of groupscheduling, organizing meetings, you just
> > need to pass informations between a couple of people. That doesn't need
> > a server, and even if you have a server, the mails usually get sent
> > anyway.
>
> When scheduling the meeting, the server can inform if people are free or
> busy during time blocks.  This allows a meeting organizer to
> find a free time block when all can attend.
>
> The calendar server holds calendar data for each user in a group.  If
> the user disconnects, a meeting organizer can still determine if someone is
> available in a time block.

Yes, that's the reason why we have to add the option to put the free/busy 
information on a server (e.g. a ftp server). But it dosen't mean that you 
have to put the complete calendar on the server or that you have to edit the 
data on the server. It just means that a file with a reduced set of 
information is copied to a server, it doesn't have to contain details about 
meetings, just the information about the time the user is busy. This also 
means that there no fancy authentification mechanism is necessary, because 
the file does not contain very sensitive data. This makes the implementation 
much easier.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher.kde.org>

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