2010/3/24 Sylvan Heuser <[email protected]> > As I see it, we have two approaches between we must decide. > > > The pure P2P approach: > Pro: > - Everyone has true full control over their data > - No logs on any server that could be used against you > Con: > - Apart from caching (which would generate new problems), when the > machine or connection (This also applies for SheevaPlugs) of a user is > down, the profile of this user will also be inaccessible. > > > The network of independent servers with small user groups approach: > Pro: > - No cached versions of your data in the net, as it is only stored on > your server > Con: > - You don't have true full control over your data, you need to trust the > owner/operator of your server > - It is nothing really new, just a mild form of centralization. > > > Please expand and modify this list. If it gets too long/we can't decide, > it may be a candidate for a wiki page (or similar), wouldn't it? >
Are the two models mutually exclusive? I some PHP systems provide a multi user version and single user version e.g. wordpress / wordpress MU. Getting things to a desktop app my mean a some kind of deskop/localhost branch, but in theory would it not be possible to combine the goodness of both scenarios? > > -- > S. > > > > >
