[Dev] Existing p2p systems for getting offline node back up to date?

[Paul Snively]

On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 06:51  AM, Bill Seitz wrote:

> If the focus is on getting semi-frequently updated small datasets 
> (e.g. contact info, free/busy calendar availability), then maybe 
> simpler hacks make more sense.
>
> Also note that we are expecting each user to have an account on an 
> email server. And once could argue that it's not unreasonable to 
> expect people to have an IMAP email account.
>
I disagree that we're expecting each user to have an account on an 
e-mail server; Chandler is supposed to be fully-functional in a 
serverless environment. One of the implications of this is P2P e-mail.

BTW, there's nothing especially difficult about using tools like Spread 
or The Circle. I'm hoping that one of the project's Python mavens will 
take them for a spin and report on the results sometime. It's important 
to get the architecture of this right earlier rather than later; 
architectural decisions are the most costly to revisit at a later date. 
Let's please resist the temptation to implement "simpler hacks" in 
anything that we actually expect users to see.

Best regards,
Paul