[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage syncing

[David Mollerstuen]

On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 02:59 PM, TDefriez at cs.com wrote:

> it seems to me this would help solve some of these issue as sync would 
> now be Microsoft to Microsoft

"Microsoft to Microsoft" is a non-factor (especially Macintosh to PPC 
-- the Mac Business Unit (MBU) folks don't really consider PPC 
compatibility a requirement :->); a much more critical metric (and one 
that I haven't examined) would be how closely matched are the Entourage 
and PPC data layouts.

Again, I haven't examined this in detail, but I expect that an 
Entourage <-> PPC mapping would be as cumbersome as an Address Book <-> 
PPC mapping.

Additionally, does Microsoft publish information about how to access 
the Entourage data store??  If not, Mark/Space would need to either 
negotiat access via an internal API, or interface via Apple Events 
(which is typically a more limited API set, particularly for sync).

Just my $0.02.

Dave

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David Mollerstuen
dave at alcaeng.com