[JDEV] Jabber as COM/DCOM replacement for linux.

[Stephen D. Williams]

Yes, I agree.  I should have time to elaborate soon.

sdw

Oliver George wrote:
> 
> Jabber as COM/DCOM replacement for linux.
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> Think about it...
> 
> - you can access local/remote objects by a string identifier, the
>   transport JID
> 
> - you can define user/group privileges based on the sender JID (perhaps
>   mapped directly to unix user/group permissions)
> 
> - it has capacity for reference counting (presences)
> 
> - it has capacity for exceptions (responses of type="error")
> 
> - it has RPC functionality in the guise of IQ request/responses
> 
> - it allows language independent communication
> 
> - it would be really light/efficient where the packets are just passed
>   around by references to memory structures (and slower if it is
>   serialized in transit)
> 
> - Optional idea: it would even handle buffering messages where the
>   destination is not currently connected (bound to be useful for something?)
> 
> - Optional idea: you could use the XML-RPC type definitions for language
>   independent type passing.
> 
> I'd like to say at this point that a little knowledge is a dangerous
> thing and I'm definitely no expert. The idea seems really interesting
> though  :)
> 
> I'm curious as to anyone elses thoughts on the issue,
> 
> regards, Oliver.
> 
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