[Parl-devel] Exchange connector in debian

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi Mechtilde,

Thank you for your interest in DebianParl,

Quoting Mechtilde (2015-02-02 11:49:01)
> I subscribed to parl-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org. So we can continue 
> there.
>
> The package calendar-exchange-provider is already available in Debian 
> Sid.
>
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/calendar-exchange-provider
>
> All dependencies are also available in Debian Wheezy.

If Microsoft calendaring would be served using Open Standards (for the 
data itself - i.e. not only http for transport but e.g. CalDAV) then 
that is good news indeed.

Use of proprietary protocols to access Microsoft calendaring is far less 
interesting, however: Chasing proprietary protocols is both expensive 
and unreliable.

Expensive because those in control of the protocols have little 
insentive to support cometing use of it, and only a smaller fraction of 
those not in control have interest in developing and maintaining support 
for protocols required only for a narrow scope.

Unreliable both because of the tiny interest to begin with (most Free 
software is strengthened by the "eyeballs" effect - collaboration to 
sport flaws and peer pressure to do stellar work - and also because 
those in control can (and evidently do) change procols at any time.

DebianParl is for individual Parliamentarians/parliamentary workers or 
smaller teams, who (unlike full Parliaments as institutions) likely 
cannot afford such reliance on proprietary standards.

What is realistic on a small budget is use of Open Standards.

I believe budget for the Greens/EFA pilot project of 10 DebianParl users 
is only the price of the laptops + price of an additional laptop for me 
+ a few train rides for me + coffee for our meetings.

I would prefer an eventual larger budget be spent on more laptops (i.e. 
more users) rather than on chasing proprietary standards at the whim of 
Microsoft and upgrade policies at the EU institutional level.


Kind regards,

 - Jonas

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