Re: Request for comments: project proposal

Ng Pheng Siong writes:
 > IMHO, a mail client will not match the expectation/standard for a "killer
 > app" these days.
 > 
 > People are building such things:
 > 
 >   http://www.divmod.org/Home/Projects/Quotient/
 > 
 >   http://www.osafoundation.org/OSAF_Our_Vision.htm

Oh, dear.  I must be more out of the loop than I thought (I could
access the first URL but not the second).  Or I guess we could argue
about the definition of "killer app".  

 > The keyword is 'platform', the construction of which, (perceived) lack of
 > libraries notwithstanding, CL is very good at.

I am not sure how to interpret this, but it looks to me like my
suggested project would be a good basis for such a platform.  No? 

-- 
Robert Strandh

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