That's awesome sir. Got details on that somewhere? On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Joseph Annino <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is a very interesting proposal. I have seen a lot of talk about how we > need something better than smtp/pop/imap. That is a hard nut to crack, but I > think it is really important. Just look how facebook is supplanting emai for > some kinds of communication. > > My project includes abstract service, sender, and receiver classes. There > is no reason why it couldn't act as a client for your service, among others. > Right now I just wrote basic pop and smtp classes, but again, other classes > can be added in. > > I think we need to support the protocols people are used to and expect > well, but freedombox, etc, should grow into a platform that also offers > better alternatives and makes them easy and attractive to a range of users. > > Its looking like freedombox may be attracting its own little universe of > related projects. > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > Matt Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My proposal for the plug here: >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Proposals/AnonProposal >> >> Is intended to deal with that. If we focus on locking down the secure >> mesh transport layer and a functional distributed object store for the boxes >> we solve a hell of a lot of issues and allow for direct integration into any >> existing technology. >> >> But some of the folks in this list are hell bent on running their own mail >> servers and such. So there is going to be some fracturing in this community >> right from the get go. >> >> -Matt >> >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Joseph Annino <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I have been thinking about a lot of the same issues as Freedombox since >>> last LibePlanet where RMS presented the "Who does that server really serve?" >>> paper. The reaction from the crowd seemed to be "but I really like all >>> these Google, etc, cloud services, how can I keep using this kind of >>> thing?". These services I sort of think of as being a kind of "desktop in >>> the cloud". They provide a simple easy to use consistent interface that >>> will work anywhere. That is the huge appeal, but they of course have all >>> the pitfalls of central control currently. I wanted to try and make a free >>> equivalent that gives people back choice and control over their data. >>> >>> This seems to be a little different than the discussion of Freedombox is >>> see at the moment, being more focused on making a linux distro out of >>> existing parts. That is really important, but I think the next step is to >>> to make a free cloud desktop, a sort of "gnome for the cloud". >>> >>> I have been working on something like this for a while, which I have >>> called "Pick Our Your Cloud". You can link to its gitorious repository from >>> yrcloud.com. I've made it all AGPLv3. >>> >>> I haven't shared this project with many people, all the work on it so far >>> is just me, and just in whatever spare time I can find. It is far from >>> complete. I have started with a gmail equivalent, since that is where >>> Google started, and messaging serves as a good central point to branch out >>> from. It is implemented as a Django app that communicates with a JS/jQuery >>> frontend via JSON-RPC calls. I am hoping that over time it can grow into a >>> sort of desktop that lets you get at several apps that can share some common >>> facilities and integration. Think of how all the various services Google >>> offers all work together via your Google account. >>> >>> I was originally targeting virtualized clouds, like Amazon's new micro >>> instances. This code should be able to run fine on a variety of low end >>> hardware, so long as it can have a reasonable amount of flash storage. >>> Certainly an Atom (or equivalent) box could handle it. I also want to try >>> this out on some of the $100 variety of ARM plugs, like the PogoPlug. >>> >>> So I know I am doing a lot of plugging my own project. I could use some >>> advice and collaboration on it, and maybe someday it could sit on top of the >>> Freedombox OS. But regardless of what happens with my project, I wanted to >>> open up the discussion about a "cloud desktop", how do we make a user >>> experience that is useful to a wide audience. >>> >>> I live near Danbury CT, so I can always get down to NYC if anything is >>> ever going on. This is an exciting project and I would like to help out. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >>> >> >>
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