[KLUG Members] Re: Zaurus - Now who's oversight was this? -- no sir, your logic is dead wrong ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

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On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 09:12, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> No, Linux does not have a unified interface.  GNOME provides gpilot,  KDE=
 apps
> may have something else,  there are several "pilotd"s floating about, not=
 to
> mention various java implementations.  And gpilotd (probably the dominate=
 one)
> only supports Palm's, adding others is non-trivial (I've looked at the co=
de).

Well, okay then, I meant the way GNOME's gpilot uses it's related pilotd
does wonders for _all_ GNOME apps.  I don't use KDE so I don't know.

> Unfortunately it isn't an issue so much of the conduits as it is
> communicating and identifiying the specific device.

And Sharp/Zaurus developers needs to be focused on emulating a specific
Palm device/interface.

> Of course is is Outlook or nothing... you mean there are still other
> mail/task/calendar clients for windows? :)

What you're arguing about is Outlook and applications, _not_ devices.=20
This is a 100% social problem.  Choice is mutually exclusive with
standardization.

Now with that said, GNOME's gpilot is deaaamn fine.

> Evolution supplies it's own conduits, these are not shared with other
> applications.  And the underlying device support isn't trivial.

???  Maybe I'm mistaken  ???

> No, but the Zaurus isn't really a PDA (i.e. non-networked and brain dead)=
, it is
> a handheld PC and is networkable.  There doesn't really need to be any
> PC/Handheld distinction,  they can both sync to a server via a network.

Okay, okay, semantics.  ;-p

> Yep, that argument is made alot.  But even Apple got it to work.  The tra=
nsport
> is really irrelevant, having a server that knows what to do with iCal dat=
a is
> what matters.  I believe Apple is using DAV, as is Mozilla.

Correct.  And it works well.  If Apple and Mozilla continue their
progress, Evolution will be forced to as well.

But this doesn't have anything to do with PDAs, just the host PIM.

> Outlook/Exchange use DCE but unfortunately pack everything in there stupi=
d
> TNEF format instead of using something like iCAL.

Correct.

> Supporting DAV, DCE, whatever on Linux has been SO done, so no matter
> what is selected as a transport I don't think it much matters.
> But even Outlook and Palm Desktop support iCal.

Sigh, yes.  This stuff doesn't happen overnight.


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