Hi everybody who commented. The approach that Adrian has below and is supported by others in the community was also our first and seems the easiest from an implementation point of view.
After some investigation however we consider ESME not only an add-on but an essential part of OFBiz which should be automatically installed when OFBiz is installed. That means: 1. everybody who is registered in OFBiz is automatically using ESME. 2. everybody will follow the system messages from the system administrator which is currently done in the system info notes (commonext component), ESME will replace it. The proposal: 1. We should install ESME as a 'normal' OFBiz component in the application- or even framework folder because it will be a mandatory part of the system. 2. ESME authentication will be disabled and should, as a normal ofbiz component, use the framework authentication. 3. ESME runs happily under Tomcat and is using the Java runtime. 4. ESME has the Apache 2 license, so no problems here too. Further plans: We almost upgraded to Axis2 in the framework and let OFBiz installations exchange ESME messages via webservices. Regards, Hans. On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 07:48 -0800, Adrian Crum wrote: > I believe any integration with existing chat/twitter-like services would > be useful. > > From my perspective, it would be best to build into OFBiz a gateway to > these external services. In other words, take the same approach we use > with external payment processors. I believe that would be less > complicated and more flexible than integrating a specific service into > OFBiz. > > -Adrian > > > Hans Bakker wrote: > > Some users are wondering if ESME is useful to add to OFBiz or not, > > therefore some promotion why I think it is interesting and yes I have > > business cases for it: > > > > 1. It started with a request of our customers to have a chat possibility > > in e-commerce for new users to ask questions via chat. I looked at 2 > > chat open source frameworks. Then ESME was proposed here in the mailing > > list. My opinion is that if ESME can do chat too, then better go for > > ESME so we have also twitter functions. (as Tim also stated) > > > > 2. ESME allows to use the twitter principle in a protected business > > environment: developers/marketeers exchanging ideas, announcing news and > > problems. (yes you should use OFBiz in your company to see these > > benefits) > > If you are still not convinced of twitter in a business environment: get > > a twitter account and follow me: @hansbak i will keep you informed about > > ESME within OFBiz and you will have the opportunity for point 3 as a > > bonus. > > > > 3. ESME was actually born in the SAP environment and many people from > > this environment now getting exposed to OFBiz because we are looking at > > ESME too and the ESME people "retweet" my ESME experiences to their > > network of twitter accounts. > > > > I was not convinced about this twitter stuff but using this for my ESME > > investigations has shown me that it is actually pretty exiting getting > > to know so much new people in such a short time. > > > > David thanks for the support because it looks like that the OFBiz > > community has a problem accepting new functions like this one, even if > > it does not affect their usage of OFBiz. So please people, not too > > conservative and always be open to new developments! > > > > Regards, > > Hans > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 16:30 +0700, Hans Bakker wrote: > >> Proposal: > >> > >> We are looking to copy an ESME server within OFBiz as a component to > >> allow for twitter like messaging within the OFBiz environment. > >> > >> users coming on the ecommerce site can 'twitter' a message which is > >> monitored by the system admin, who can answer the questions. > >> > >> Logged in users can follow other registered users and can twitter what > >> they are doing... > >> > >> more info at > >> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ESME/Collaboration+with+OFbiz > >> > >> any thoughts? > >> > >> regards, > >> Hans (@hansbak) > >> -- Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
