On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 10:04:55PM -0500, Richard Hayes wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 05:15 am, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > My suggestion? A quality plugin for Outlook that stores MAPI objects in
> > messages stored on an IMAP server. Like Bynari's Insight Connector, but
> > one that actually works. That would allow any IMAP server act as a
> > replacement for the vast majority of Exchange. It's also a relatively
> > small project, so it has a chance of getting done(ish).
>
> So, what would be involved and how much would you think it would cost?
It's mostly just a library plugin to provide MAPI, translation to IMAP
commands (or probably better still, something like iCal), and the necessary
glue to configure it and tell Outlook to use it instead of the Exchange one.
As to cost, I'd estimate low five figures. There isn't a massive amount of
code to be written, it's mostly work making it bug-compliant with the
existing MAPI stuff. Someone who knows Windows under the hood should be
able to do it easily enough.
> > So what will the software you write actually do? Manage the wrap accounts?
> > Tha value there isn't in the software, it's in the access to the trading
> > accounts and first-level equities traders, and also in the research.
> > You're going to have next to no hope of convincing any of the wrap account
> > managers to take it up, either, because of the legal ramifications of the
> > software screwing up and not doing things right.
>
> The most likely users would be Californian State Pension Fund
> http://www.calpers.ca.gov/ The worlds largest pension fund.
So CalPERS would run the software on their servers for the benefit of their
members? You sound like you've got them on-board already to use it when
it's written.
> > > Using OpenAdaptor (opensource EAI tool for finance) + struts.apache I
> > > do not think it would be too hard. ;)
> >
> > Wow, the OpenAdaptor website is buzzword-compliant. I still have no idea
> > what it's actually good for.
>
> OpenAdaptor works well and it is a lot cheaper the TIBCO. But then using a
Since I don't know what TIBCO is, either, I'm not in any way enlightened.
- Matt
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