[Mono-dev] [Mono-list] Amber Communications Framework

[El Draper]

I haven't heard anything at all on the issue recently, I would imagine 
that their initial statement as to their position scared enough 
potential open-source implementors off that they don't have to worry too 
much about repeating it anymore. Someone might have to poke the bear 
again before we hear anything new on the subject.... :-)

Jose Cornado wrote:
> As far as I can tell, that was their last word. Unless El or the team 
> has more recent news...
>
>
> On 8/21/06, *Matthijs ter Woord* < matthijsterwoord at gmail.com 
> <mailto:matthijsterwoord at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     The Microsoft announcement referred to in the quoted post, is that
>     really
>     the case? Will Microsoft fight against any compatible
>     implementation of WCF
>     and WPF?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Matthijs ter Woord
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Elliott Draper" < el at eldiablo.co.uk <mailto:el at eldiablo.co.uk>>
>     To: <mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
>     <mailto:mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com>>;
>     <mono-list at lists.ximian.com <mailto:mono-list at lists.ximian.com>>
>     Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 2:10 AM
>     Subject: [Mono-list] Amber Communications Framework
>
>
>     > Hello everyone,
>     >
>     > A while back, I joined the development team of a project that
>     was then
>     > called "MonoIndigo". This was designed to be a port of
>     Microsoft's Indigo
>     > framework (now known as the Windows Communication Foundation).
>     As many of
>     > you know, Microsoft made it clear that any kind of direct port
>     of Indigo
>     > was not going to be accepted, and would be in breach of IP
>     regulations.
>     > Likewise, the same would apply for Avalon (now known as the Windows
>     > Presentation Foundation I believe).
>     >
>     >   The main aim of that project, was to EXTEND Indigo's appeal,
>     by making
>     > the same code, unchanged, run on any platform that Mono run's
>     on. Seeing
>     > as this can no longer be the case, the project was changed,
>     re-named, and
>     > is no longer a direct port of Indigo. I personally feel we are
>     lacking a
>     > decent, service oriented framework for helping to develop
>     client/server
>     > applications under Mono, and I would like still to rectify that
>     with the
>     > Amber project. It's main aim is to make a functional useful
>     messaging and
>     > communication platform, running under either .Net/Mono, that
>     takes the
>     > hassle out of writing the actual communication layer of a
>     server/client
>     > app, allowing the developer to rely on the framework to perform the
>     > communications, while they concentrate on the specifics of his/her
>     > application.
>     >
>     > Anyway, enough waffle, the point of this e-mail is simply to see
>     if anyone
>     > else would be interested in working on such an open source
>     effort, as
>     > currently our development team is severely lacking, and with our
>     current
>     > resources it'll take us years to get to any kind of point where
>     we are
>     > able to release! So if any like-minded individuals are up for
>     helping to
>     > build a decent communications platform, hopefully benefitting the
>     > community, and meanwhile providing a worthy rival to the
>     Microsoft Windows
>     > Communication Foundation, then please get in contact with me,
>     the more the
>     > merrier! We'll need developers, testers, people to help with
>     > documentation, etc...
>     >
>     > In the meantime, here are a few project links:
>     > -- A wiki I setup for the project:
>     > http://wiki.eldiablo.co.uk/amber/FrontPage
>     <http://wiki.eldiablo.co.uk/amber/FrontPage>
>     > -- The project page on NovellForge:
>     > http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?amber
>     >
>     > Any questions, discussion, whatever, don't hesitate to drop me a
>     mail.
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > -= El =-
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> -- 
> José Cornado
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>
> Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to 
> keep going back and beginning all over again.
>
> Andre Gide 
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