Re: [ba-ohs-talk] Learning Groove
Thanks, Mark. (01)
Also http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2001/jw-0713-iw-ptop_p.html
which contains some caveats about privacy issues with Groove. (02)
The assumption that all parties have the same underlying platform is a slap
in the users' faces. But then, I also understand that a considerable amount
of MS money has gone into Groove. As they say, "He who pays the piper ...." (03)
Maybe, from his contacts, John can answer the question about how well
Groove functions with W4L, the cheaper version of VMLinux. (I assume there
is an equivalent for these types of "emulators" for Mac's OS in which case a
similar question must be asked.) (04)
The obvious answer to my initial question about whether someone is working
on an alternative is, of course, the OHS, but it would be nice to have
something pending its arrival. For an operation ike Fleabyte it would be
nice to have an efficient, nofuss, no muss tool for co-authoring - actually,
ithere is a growing need for it at this point. (05)
Henry (06)
Mark Szpakowski wrote: (07)
> A review article two years ago in InfoWorld
> (http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/07/09/010709tcp2ph2h.xml)
> compared Groove to the Java-based HornShark. However, I can't find much
> about
> the latter or reach www.hornshark.com: probably demised.
>
> There's plenty of tools and frameworks for building the pieces that make
> up such a thing, but actually coming up with a complete product with a
> good UI and all the facilities is not trivial (Ray Ozzie had spent $60
> million on Groove by the time it launched).
>
> - Mark
>
> On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 01:46 PM, Henry K van Eyken wrote:
>
> > Is there a good alternative for obtaining the benefit of Groove? Have
> > people worked on or are any working on that?
> >
> > Actually, I posted the item mainly because I thought that it might
> > provide some useful insights or spark ideas.
> >
> > Henry
> >
> > Malcolm Dean wrote:
> >
> >> Lessee now, menu items are non-functional under Opera 6.1, and only
> >> supported OSes come from a crowd of convicted monopolists. I'll pass,
> >> thanks. Malcolm DeanLos Angeles
> >>
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> Mark Szpakowski
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