Mobile devices - Sponsorship opportunity - Questions

[cabeza]

Please post questions regarding this sponsorship opportunity here.

[dougie173]

Thanks for looking into this, it will be a great feature.

I've been looking round the funambol site and come across this:

https://db-connector.forge.funambol.org/

It's described as 'Enable synchronisation for DB tables' and enables you to sync tables from client and server databases over jdbc. It was last compiled for v7 so it may need updating.

Hope you find it useful

[tek12]

Hi,

I've been using Horde Webmail to manage contacts and email. They've implemented a syncml option, I wish I knew more about php to provide more information. But, I do know they have an open source project much like Feng's.

Their approach doesn't require a Funambol server only a syncml client, I utilized the Funambol client on my G1 to sync my contacts. It was as easy as pointing my device at the sync URL: mail.domain.com/horde/rpc.php and providing the user and password for my authentication to the server.

Admittedly the code is still in a Beta state, however it may provide for some inspiration...

http://wiki.horde.org/SyncML?referrer=ExternalClientsHowTo#

[cabeza]

Thanks tek12

[WiZaxx]

Ready to sponsor too, but what's the ROADMAP? and the ETA?

Cheerz,
Wz

[allenlook]

Agreed, no sponsorship is possible for us without defined deliverables and timelines.

[cabeza]

Agreed.

That's why there is more information here: http://forums.fengoffice.com/index.php?topic=2634.0 .

Once we reach a more interesting level of interest we can work on more precise details.

Best.

[antoon]

any news?

http://forums.fengoffice.com/index.php?topic=2634.msg16050#msg16050

auto caldav sync using funambol would be awesome !!

hope you stay open and free!

[cabeza]

No news. Conditions were agreed, but I guess the work hasn't started.

[Monaco]

I'm blown away by feng office. Great gui, workspaces and clever interlinking of items solves some very common collaboration challenges we face daily with our current systems (egropware+funambol and TikiWiki (of which TikiWiki definitely offers some innovative features like "Trackers", WebDav access to files etc. for your inspiration)

Current showstopper with feng office for us has been sync. Once that's in place we're making the transition.

Eagerly anticipated. Keep up the good work guys

Regards M.

[ylavi]

I am also very interested in the SyncML support. I currently run Funambol on my home server and find that it's difficult to know what data is where after a few syncs with different clients - not all the clients show all the values and you can't easily see what's in the database. FengOffice will be very appealing if it is the central point for the syncing, rather than just another client, as it will allow us to work directly with that central data.

As implied by my agreement with the comment, "suspiciously affordable", I have had some thoughts about possible complications in the sync system and ideas for potentially-useful features. I'd like to share them with someone involved in the project - how/where can I do that?

[cabeza]

We would be glad to receive your ideas. You can send us an email to contribute at fengoffice domain or just write them down here for open discussion.
Best

[Monaco]

Cabeza, we're simply to excited about this to demonstrate appropriate patience .

Is this in your roadmap for the near future. Did you start working on it, or are we still in the pre-development-bounce-ideas-around phase?

Can you indicate a time schedule... 3 months, 6 months 24 months?

Thanks M.

[cabeza]

We reached an agreement with a developer, but he hasn't started and is not answering my emails so I'm guessing that's not good news.

Whatever happens with him, we hope to have something working in 6 months.

But our hope is not enough. It is really up to customers who pay for this development.

[Monaco]

1 month passed.. any news Cabeza .

"But our hope is not enough. It is really up to customers who pay for this development."

Hmm... well did you reach sufficient funding/interest to put this in to your development roadmap? It seems that so far quite a few people (including me) are ready to pitch in for a total of around 1000 $ ( http://forums.fengoffice.com/index.php?topic=2634.15 )

Thanks for your efforts and heads up to the feng team

M.