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List:       kroupware
Subject:    Re: [Kroupware] concept paper: please remove bynari connector
From:       Matthias Kalle Dalheimer <kalle () klaralvdalens-datakonsult ! se>
Date:       2002-09-19 8:30:12
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On Thursday 19 September 2002 09.18, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> First I'd like to apologize for my earlier hard words.
>
> I'd like to suggest this:
> not use the bynari connector in the reference plattform.
>
> It simply is not usefull.

Useful or not, it's what the customer demands. And "the customer is always 
right".

Kalle

>
> If you are using the bynari connector, then you should be aware
> of problems it has opposed to additional features it gives.
> Also you should spend give a more detailed description of
> the planned software implementation, as using the bynari
> connectore can be misunderstood.
>
> For example section 2.8 of the claims storing the calender items
> on an imap server in vCalendar format. The bynari connector helps
> with storing of items on an imap server, but has a highly proprietory
> format. This it is not clear, whether you want to support two formats,
> or what this is about.
>
> If you do not plan to use the bynari connector to store items such
> as calender items on an imap server in bynaries/microsofts prorietory
> format, but plan to use the bynari connector, so please state why you
> want to use the bynari connector at all.
>
> The demonstration given by martin konold and his slides gave me the
> impression of using outlook with bynari connector as a step on the
> way to an open source solution, allowing windows/outlook users
> to use a full featured open source system, till some open source
> application on windows can replace outlook, or windows is no longer
> a concern.
>
> This impression led me to the maybe wrong conclusion, that compatibility
> with the bynari connector is a goal. The plan for compatibility in turn
> would influence the design, such as storage formats.
>
> I don't like the idea of using the bynari storage format at all, so i
> wonder what the whole windows/outlook/bynari section is meant to mean.
>
> Could someone please help me in my confusion?
>
> Maybe i'm a nitpicker, but i want to make sure this project doesn't
> start with arbitrary assumptions.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Andreas Jellinghaus
>
>
>
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