On 29 December 2012 18:30, Petar Petrović <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think that we don't HAVE to integrate everything, at least not during > the initial development. I think we should focus on building a software > stack, and then at some point, we can decide if deep integration is worth > the effort. Of course, I am always open for different opinions and ideas. > Yes, I think this is a valid approach. The web was designed to tie many systems together via the hyperlink. Of course it would be nice if the integrations could provide a seamless user experience, but perhaps that can only happen over time... > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Melvin Carvalho <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> >> >> On 29 December 2012 01:52, Petar Petrović <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've been following this project for a while now, and I must say that I >>> love the idea a lot. I've been doing something similar on a VPS of my own >>> for quite some time now, but FBX seems like a lot more elegant solution. >>> >>> Usually, I would build my own personal stack, like a mail server, >>> ownCloud and Diaspora*. But, there's just something wrong about all of this >>> - you need to go through this list and install every software package one >>> by one, until you build a full stack. The other problem is, these tools are >>> not really integrated with each other (though, there are some partial >>> solutions like Kolab, etc). >>> >>> What I would like to see is a full software stack that can be deployed >>> out of the box with minimal integration efforts with other system software. >>> Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a single application that would act as >>> a social network, webmail interface and Personal Data Storage appliance? I >>> think this is the idea worth considering. >>> >>> Since I am fairly familiar with PHP and have started digging into >>> Node.js recently, I am willing to take part in building something like >>> this. Yes, we can't do this overnight and this would be a lot of work, but >>> I think it would be worth the effort. We could build a software stack that >>> would be aimed at families as well as individuals. FBX has the >>> potential to become the next big home server solution, and having something >>> like this would be extremely nice and useful. >>> >> >> A worthwhile idea, but would be a challenge to build. I think it's safe >> to say that FBX will support GPG as a form of identity, and hopefully a web >> identity on your profile page too. It would be a case of integrating the >> apps you want into one stack using, for example, PKI public/private key >> technology. >> >> Integration is quite hard, it's not only a case creating the technology. >> In some projects the challenge is to write the patch (and in some cases >> it's impossible), in others it's to get the patch accepted into the >> codebase. >> >> >>> >>> Just a thought of mine. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Petar Petrović >>> [email protected] >>> +381693264465 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >>> >> >> > > > -- > Petar Petrović > [email protected] > +381693264465 > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >
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