[JDEV] File transfer and file sharing: view of end-user
Mattias Campe
mattias.campe at rug.ac.be
Wed Oct 23 08:33:11 CDT 2002
Jan Niehusmann wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:46:01AM +0200, Mattias Campe wrote:
>
>>File transfer:
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> [...]
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>>File sharing:
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> [...]
>
> All of these are nice ideas, but I think jabber should stay focused on
> messaging. While simple 1:1 file transfer can be seen as some special
> form of sending a message (it's just a huge binary message), full-scale
> filesharing should (IMHO) be handled by a different protocol.
>
> Let's try to make the best IM (or XML routing) protocol, and not replace
> each and every single protocol out there on the internet.
like I already said, lots of my friends don't know how to set up an ftp
server, but they do know how to activate file sharing with ICQ. Why is
it much simpeler, well:
- they don't have to worry that the other part has to know their IP
- they use a client which is started every day (versus an ftp-server)
- they don't have to make accounts (loginname + password), because they
can use the roster...
just my 2 cents
Mattias Campe
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