[General] Interop lists

[Philippe Bossut]

Hi Jared,

This is great!

Couple of things I'd add to the short list as they are used by quite a 
few people:
---+++ Desktop clients
   * Entourage 2004 (Mac)
---+++ Email servers
   * Hotmail/MSN

Cheers,
- Philippe

Jared Rhine wrote:
> As a side project, I'm working on fleshing info on the Chandler 
> Project interop landscape.
>
> The idea is to take another slice at documenting interop.  The hope is 
> to add some new dimension to the existing fine interop overview here:
>
>   http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/ChandlerInterop
>
> It'd be helpful to start with a consensus about the "above the line" 
> list of products that should be documented.  In preparing lists, I've 
> come up with a proposed "shortlist" and "long tail" list, seen below.
>
> Any feedback is welcomed.  I'm looking for both:
>
>   * Long-tail packages that should be added.  Things you've heard 
> people mention (on lists or elsewhere; bah, I just realized I need to 
> flesh out mobile on the lists below).
>
>   * "Shortlist" additions or removals.  As part of the interop doc 
> effort, I'd like to write a little paragraph about the status of each 
> of these, so the shorter the list the better.  If you really think a 
> product should be on the FAQ list, though, then let's add it to the 
> short list.
>
> The shortlist:
>
> ---+++ Desktop clients
>    * Chandler Desktop
>    * Outlook 2007 (Win)
>    * Outlook 2003 (Win)
>    * Lightning (Sunbird by proxy) (Win)
>    * Evolution (Ubu)
>    * iCal 2.x (Mac)
>    * iCal 3.x (Mac)
>
> ---+++ Web services
>    * Chandler Hub
>    * Google calendar
>    * Yahoo calendar
>    * Facebook
>    * Flickr
>    * Twitter
>    * Amazon
>
> ---+++ Email clients
>    * Thunderbird
>    * iMail
>    * Google mail
>    * Yahoo mail
>
> ---+++ Web browsers
>    * Firefox 2 (Win,Mac,Ubu), MSIE 6+7 (Win), Safari 2+3 (Mac)
>
> ---+++ Calendar servers
>    * Chandler Server (Cosmo)
>    * Apple Calendar Server
>
> ---+++ Email servers
>    * Exchange, Courier IMAP, uw-imapd, Java System Messaging Server 
> 6.2, Gmail, Yahoo mail, Dotmac
>
> and then another list of products that are in the long-tail.  We're 
> aware of them, and would gladly document anything that might be 
> reported about how these work.  But we're unlikely to go try these out 
> officially, or document specifics as we might for the list above.
>
> ---++ Chandler Project package interop extended list
>
>    * Desktop clients
>       * Outlook Express (Windows Mail in Vista)
>       * Lotus Notes
>    * Web services
>       * Zimbra
>       * MySpace
>    * Email clients
>       * Mulberry
>       * Eudora for Mac
>       * Hotmail, Earthlink, AOL
>    * Web browsers
>       * Opera 9, Opera mini, iPhone, Blackberry, MSIE 5, Firefox 1.5
>    * Calendar servers
>       * Oracle, RSCS, Bedework, Zimbra
>    * Email servers
>       * Dovecot, Courier SMTP, Cyrus
>
> The above are from the new wiki page here:
>
> http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/InteropOverview
>
> -- Jared
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