Presence and IntComm WG

[Jesse Thompson <>]

Ah, I see.  I'm playing around with the beta now.  Pretty neat.  What is 
BuddyCloud's profit model?

Jesse

On 2/22/12 9:31 AM, Peter Saint-Andre (psaintan) wrote:
> Jesse, I see buddycloud as an XMPP enhancement - it installs as an external 
> component - that could integrate with Sakai or Moodle.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:20 AM, "Jesse 
> Thompson"<>
>   wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I regret that I didn't participate in the last wg-pic conference call. It 
> > sounds like it was an interesting topic.  See the message below from Jeanne 
> > regarding Wisconsin's interest in Sakai.  Keep me posted about any 
> > initiatives regarding Sakai, BuddyCloud, and XMPP.
> >
> > I'm trying to define the line between where I should be involved vs. when I 
> > should punt to Jeanne and Scott.  I focus on communication and collaboration 
> > infrastructure technology (email, calendaring, chat, etc), and Jeanne focuses 
> > more on academic learning technology (Desire2Learn, Moodle, etc).
> >
> >  From my initial glance at these products, it appears that Sakai is something 
> > that I wouldn't be involved with, unless there is a way for Sakai to be 
> > installed on top of our existing XMPP infrastructure. BuddyCloud looks like 
> > it could be an additional service offering in my area, but I can't tell how 
> > much it overlaps with our existing XMPP infrastructure.  Am I on the right 
> > track?
> >
> > Do you have any details on how Sakai and/or BuddyCloud would use existing 
> > XMPP infrastructure?  Or is XMPP merely the technology that Sakai and 
> > BuddyCloud use as their transports?  Another way to ask: are these services 
> > something that would replace our existing XMPP service (p2p chat, muc), 
> > enhance the feature set, or something that an organization would run 
> > alongside and independent of a traditional XMPP service?
> >
> > Jesse
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: Sakai
> > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:59:21 -0600
> > From: Jeanne 
> > Blochwitz<>
> > To: Jesse 
> > Thompson<>
> > CC: Scott 
> > Fullerton<>
> >
> > Jesse,
> >
> > I would be very interested in finding out more on the discussion about 
> > federation of activity streams - this is of interest in Learning Analytics - 
> > an emerging area.  Scott Fullerton and I recently looked into the technical 
> > specifications for Sakai.  I would be interested in finding out more about 
> > developments around integration of activity streams with Sakai.
> >
> > As far as what DoIT is pursuing with Sakai, there are no current projects, 
> > but I have been asked to work with Scott Fullerton to look into a potential 
> > pilot for Sakai.
> >
> >
> > Jeanne Blochwitz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 21, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Jesse Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jeanne,
> > >
> > > Is Sakai a product that DoIT is pursuing in any extent?
> > >
> > > My contact at the XMPP foundation (WiscChat is an XMPP service) contacted me 
> > > about a discussion he had with people from Internet2 and
> > > BuddyCloud regarding federation of activity streams across educational 
> > > institutions, perhaps including integration with the Sakai Project.
> > >
> > > Jesse

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