[Standards-JIG] [Fwd: [interop] day 1 summary]

[Dave Cridland]

On Mon Aug  7 21:14:22 2006, Carlo v. Loesch wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre typeth:
> | See my previous messages.
> 
> i got to that one later..
> 
> first of all.. i am not accusing anyone.. don't feel attacked..
> i was just asked how come that particular part of the thing couldn't
> be done virtually.. you agree we could do it virtually in future..

FWIW, I've been told (although not experienced) that many of the IMAP 
interops, which were done face to face as well, were extremely 
successful in no small part because those testing interoperability 
could rapidly discuss with a set of well-informed people about any 
problems encountered. In addition, different testers could get 
excellent cross-pollination about how to test.

In other words, whilst over-the-net interop is useful for the 
individual, face-to-face interop is useful for the community.


> that's good, because we are server developers too. and no, meetings
> aren't a waste at all, but i'm not sure how many of you guys would
> fly over if the next meeting was to be held in berlin (not texas,
> real berlin).
> 
> 
Quite a few, probably. Berlin isn't a bad location at all, for a more 
EU-centric interop event. My uneducated guess would be that around 
1/3 of XMPP developers would find Berlin a more convenient location 
than anywhere in the US. You might find London marginally more 
popular, though, since I suspect it would be cheaper airfares for 
some, but it really depends on who's willing to host it.

Dave.
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