Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread Jeroen van der Wal
IMHO an architectual, pluggable and open approach is preferred over trying to include everything into a single package. What if users don't want or need a feature in their Ofbiz installation? What if there's a better solution? My personal favor would be to use a branch as long as possible and merge

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread David E Jones
Yes, I see your point, and it's a good one. It would be better implemented in a replaceable and configurable way. -David On Dec 15, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: > No, I'm not saying I want to work on it. No, I'm not trying to force anyone > to do anything. > > The subject of the thr

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread Adrian Crum
No, I'm not saying I want to work on it. No, I'm not trying to force anyone to do anything. The subject of the thread is ESME implementation. I'm sharing ideas on that subject. I'm making suggestions. I'm providing examples of how similar features in OFBiz were implemented previously. -Adria

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread David E Jones
Just to be clear, are you saying you want to work on this? Please keep in mind that people are free to contribute what they will. Maybe we can vote or all agree on not allowing something in, but we can't force anyone to do anything. We also shouldn't, though many of us often do, imply that oth

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread Adrian Crum
Developing support for it would be fine, if the messaging feature was set up as a gateway. I'm not aware of any generic specifications for payment gateways, yet OFBiz accommodates a variety of them. The point I have been trying to make is this: if we're going to add an instant messaging or t

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread David E Jones
Then you'll have to develop support for it, or get someone else to do it for you. I'm not aware of any generic specification we could implement to that would support ESME as well as other options. Is there one you have in mind? -David On Dec 15, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: > What i

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread Adrian Crum
What if I want the messaging feature, but I already have a messaging server that isn't ESME? -Adrian Hans Bakker wrote: we are still investigating how to interface but yes an inclusion of a full system as a component seems the best way to us if only for the ease of installation and the conveni

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread David E Jones
I agree it would be easier to include it, especially if it is going to be used for OOTB functionality (like system messages, customer support chat (sync or async), other things Hans mentioned before, etc). It would be nice (maybe necessary?) to make sure that an external instance of ESME can b

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread Scott Gray
On 16/12/2009, at 12:30 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: looking more into skala . an possible upgrade to groovy and java being compatible with our current runtime environment (JVM/Tomcat) Scala is very different from java or groovy language-wise, adding support for it would be fine but I don't th

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread Hans Bakker
we are still investigating how to interface but yes an inclusion of a full system as a component seems the best way to us if only for the ease of installation and the convenient license. looking more into skala . an possible upgrade to groovy and java being compatible with our current runtime

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-15 Thread Adrian Crum
In other words, "Thank you for your suggestions, but I'm going to ignore them." Saying ESME is an essential part of OFBiz is like saying Apache James is an essential part of OFBiz - so we can send emails from OFBiz. No, we don't need to install ESME - just create a gateway to it. The integra

Re: ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Sounds like a plan but then we will get tied to ESME, maybe not so bad. So no real opininon, though replacing the system info notes (wich is really a good idea) needs maybe something more rooted in OFBiz. Jacques From: "Hans Bakker" Hi everybody who commented. The approach that Adrian has be

ESME implementation was: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Hans Bakker
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 shou

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Tim Ruppert
+1 Cheers, Ruppert -- Tim Ruppert HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com o:801.649.6594 f:801.649.6595 On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Scott Gray wrote: > +1 > > Regards > Scott > > On 15/12/2009, at 4:48 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > >> I believe any integration with existing chat/twitter-like se

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Scott Gray
+1 Regards Scott On 15/12/2009, at 4:48 AM, 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 us

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Yes, this may quickly change and it will be easier to adapt Jacques From: "Adrian Crum" 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 th

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Adrian Crum
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 comp

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Michael Xu (xudong)
hi Hans, Some customers here are asking for this feature. So it is really great to see your proposal. Just one idea for your consideration: it would be great if ESME could happen in transaction level to support business collaboration. For example, buyer and supplier can communicate for a specific

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Indeed http://www.adempiere.com/index.php/AsteriskJava Jacques From: "Jacques Le Roux" Thanks Erwan, I will have a look Jacques From: "Erwan de FERRIERES" Le 13/12/2009 01:27, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : ../.. Yes, I don't see why this should be a requirement for a new feature. BTW it's a

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Thanks Erwan, I will have a look Jacques From: "Erwan de FERRIERES" Le 13/12/2009 01:27, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : ../.. Yes, I don't see why this should be a requirement for a new feature. BTW it's a pity there is no PABX like Asterisks, but with an usable licence for us Asterisk-java is

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-14 Thread Erwan de FERRIERES
Le 13/12/2009 01:27, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : ../.. Yes, I don't see why this should be a requirement for a new feature. BTW it's a pity there is no PABX like Asterisks, but with an usable licence for us Asterisk-java is under an Apache2 licence, but I haven't looked at all the files include

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-13 Thread Manuel Desdin
Well, we should include the integration part only, then this is a big beast anyway and should go on its own! On 13 Dec 2009, at 10:34, Jacques Le Roux wrote: Mmm, thought after: we have a lesser but still a problem with LGPL (see OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES) Jacques From: "Jacques Le Roux" Thank

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-13 Thread Wickersheimer Jeremy
Hi, +1 I am sure a lot of customers would love to see this integrated. Maybe it is not 100% necessary, as not all of them have expressed the absolute need to have this, but it is sure good to have: a communication framework (being chat like or twitter like, purely internal or toward custome

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-13 Thread Jeroen van der Wal
Hi Hans, This was the kind of explanation I was aiming for. Great things start by sharing a vision or a business problem and enrolling the community into that can provide thrust. Googling "esme sap" gave me even more perspective on the matter. Will add my future comments on ESME to the wikipage.

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-13 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Mmm, thought after: we have a lesser but still a problem with LGPL (see OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES) Jacques From: "Jacques Le Roux" Thanks Manuel, I have no time for it but I have a friend who is working in telco and 2 or 3 years played with Asterisks in OFBiz. I guess it will be great to have a ca

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-13 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Thanks Manuel, I have no time for it but I have a friend who is working in telco and 2 or 3 years played with Asterisks in OFBiz. I guess it will be great to have a call feature from OFBiz. We have also a requirement from this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-2371 (see inside t

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-13 Thread Manuel Desdin
SIPfoundry sipXecs is LGPL, i know it is only compatible in binary form, but still. it is user friendly, based on java. in their next version they are integrating openfire, a jabber/XMPP server based on java, and dimdim, web conferencing. both are GPL, but we do not need to distribute them.

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-13 Thread Manuel Desdin
right, this is really silly already! Manuel. On 13 Dec 2009, at 00:54, David E Jones wrote: On Dec 12, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Adam Heath wrote: Hans Bakker wrote: On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 13:59 +0100, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: Hi Hans, I understand what it can do. Can you tell me why this feature

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Tim Ruppert
Hans, thanks for taking the extra time articulating all of this information - and no I don't think people are just giving you a hard time. I, for one, appreciate you telling us all a bit more about the infrastructure and how it can be utilized - and am all for it! Thanks for bringing it to t

Re: Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Ruth Hoffman
Hi Hans: For what it is worth: This community member thinks this is an awesome idea! FYI - I too have seen requirements like this in the real world . Regards, Ruth Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz" ruth.hof

Why ESME was: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Hans Bakker
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 a

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Jacques Le Roux
From: "David E Jones" On Dec 12, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Adam Heath wrote: Hans Bakker wrote: On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 13:59 +0100, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: Hi Hans, I understand what it can do. Can you tell me why this feature should be integrated into Ofbiz? Then we are getting into the discu

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread David E Jones
On Dec 12, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Adam Heath wrote: > Hans Bakker wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 13:59 +0100, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: >>> Hi Hans, >>> >>> I understand what it can do. Can you tell me why this feature should >>> be integrated into Ofbiz? >>> >> >> Then we are getting into the dis

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Adam Heath
Hans Bakker wrote: > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 13:59 +0100, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: >> Hi Hans, >> >> I understand what it can do. Can you tell me why this feature should >> be integrated into Ofbiz? >> > > Then we are getting into the discussion if ESME is useful or not. That > is why i copied the

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Tim Ruppert
If is definitely a question Hans - the How I'm sure we'll be able to figure out. I like the idea of a chat being inside of OFBiz - it can help on all kinds of levels from helping with errors to walking a user thru the ecomm site to find the particular pieces to whatever - I can't couldn't care

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Jeroen van der Wal
But still in all discussions it's not clear to me WHY it should be IN Ofbiz. Please go ahead and create it but if you implement a feature just because you can, don't compare it with alternatives and didn't find a business driver I find a waste of resources. But I'm more then happy to be proven wron

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Hans Bakker
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 13:59 +0100, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: > Hi Hans, > > I understand what it can do. Can you tell me why this feature should > be integrated into Ofbiz? > Then we are getting into the discussion if ESME is useful or not. That is why i copied the first page in a previous messa

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Hans Bakker
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 13:59 +0100, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: > Hi Hans, > > I understand what it can do. Can you tell me why this feature should > be integrated into Ofbiz? > >From the first page of the ESME project: Enterprise Social Messaging Experiment (ESME) is a secure and highly scalable

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Jeroen van der Wal
Hi Hans, I understand what it can do. Can you tell me why this feature should be integrated into Ofbiz? -Jeroen On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > This will give you a twitter environment only visible by users of a > particular ofbiz system so within a company, i.e. not publi

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Hans Bakker
This will give you a twitter environment only visible by users of a particular ofbiz system so within a company, i.e. not public. A twitter environment is more general than chat and encourages collaboration much morechat is only person to person...but it looks like it can do chat too... On Sa

Re: proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Jeroen van der Wal
Hi Hans, Your proposal looks interesting from an technical point of view but I'm have trouble picturing a real life business scenario, can you provide some examples? And most important, can you address why this should be integrated into Ofbiz? Isn't it easier to integrate with (any) external chat

proposal: ESME

2009-12-12 Thread Hans Bakker
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 follo