In a moment of recklessness, I stuck my neck out and sent an e-mail to the
person at Starfish in charge of licensing. If she replies, I'll post the
reply to the list.
Keith Isley
newt@crosspaths.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Meuleman <patrick2@goldenglow.com.au>
To: <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 5:33 PM
Subject: NTLK Newton Synchronisation (was A Coding Call to Arms: Future
Projects (was Hotline))
> This could be completely irrelevant (because I know about as much about
> synchronising technology as I do about ATA drivers, i.e. nothing) but
might
> it be worth a look at (i.e. chat to the developers of) a product like
> TrueSync (http://www.starfish.com/). Their web site is very confusing so
> I'll try to explain what little I understand of their product (I used it a
> bit during my days living on the dark side (i.e. when I had a palm
pilot)).
>
> It appears (I say appears because I have no idea how it works technically,
I
> can only describe it from a user's point of view) to have a core engine
> which co-ordinates the synchronisation process between as many
devices/PIMs
> as you please. The condition being that each device/PIM has to have a
> special 'plug-in' written that will communicate with the core engine
> (presumably providing data in a standard format and providing some field
> mapping functionality). So, assuming my speculations are correct (which
of
> course they may not be) all that would be needed is to have this 'plug-in'
> written for the Newton (easier said than done) and it would then be able
to
> sync with any other device that TrueSync currently supports.
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