Re: Documents on the OLPC

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> >>
> >> > are there any plans for collaborative editing?
> >>
> >> Yes, both almost-real-time for documents, and merge-mode for things like
> >> eBook annotations.
> >
> > That's very interesting information.
> >
>
> For your information, AbiWord has a total real-time collaborative editing
> feature under heavy evelopment (like sub-ethaedit but which handles all
> word-processor features). This extends to the ability to update documents
> on a remote server also in real time. In other words, we're planning to
> leap-frog Writely. The time-frame for stabilizing these developments is
> similar to the OLPC. Erik's work can continue in parallel with no worry of
> interference.
>
> Does OLPC plan to have an IM feature? I ask because we use XMPP to connect
> our collaborative sessions, but we we can use a diferent protocol for the
> OLPC if needed.
>
> Anyway, we'll keep you informed and you can watch our progress.

Just to add: adding a Markdown import/export filter is not hard. One
could even make Markdown the default format real easy to suit the OLPC
project even better. If the availability of such a filter would help
AbiWord's cause, I'd be glad to write it.

Marc
Received on Wed Jul 12 17:15:18 2006