Comments on: Funambol – The Open Source Push Email server http://pintmaster.com/20060213/funambol-the-open-source-push-email-server/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: parambyte http://pintmaster.com/20060213/funambol-the-open-source-push-email-server/comment-page-1/#comment-2885 parambyte Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:36:43 +0000 http://www.pintmaster.com/wordpress/index.php/20060213/funambol-the-open-source-push-email-server/#comment-2885 hello colin. sorry for teh late reply, but by now you must have found out that there are tonnes of people offering mobile push email solutions the work on X amount of handsets, a great democratic movement. i found a small listing of such solutions at http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8404/palm-os-blackberry-email-alternatives/ also it makes sense for the enterprise to be able to offer its employees a choice of handsets rather than be limited to MS or RIM's offerings. Its only a metter of time before Push Email solutions become cheaper or more importantly FREE offerings from Cellular Service Providers... And I hop MS is not bale to pull another 'Netscape' on RIM, but bundling free software due to its large monopoly... hello colin. sorry for teh late reply, but by now you must have found out that there are tonnes of people offering mobile push email solutions the work on X amount of handsets, a great democratic movement. i found a small listing of such solutions at
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8404/palm-os-blackberry-email-alternatives/

also it makes sense for the enterprise to be able to offer its employees a choice of handsets rather than be limited to MS or RIM’s offerings.

Its only a metter of time before Push Email solutions become cheaper or more importantly FREE offerings from Cellular Service Providers…

And I hop MS is not bale to pull another ‘Netscape’ on RIM, but bundling free software due to its large monopoly…

]]> By: Jason Finkelstein http://pintmaster.com/20060213/funambol-the-open-source-push-email-server/comment-page-1/#comment-2840 Jason Finkelstein Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:29:11 +0000 http://www.pintmaster.com/wordpress/index.php/20060213/funambol-the-open-source-push-email-server/#comment-2840 Colin - I only just came across your blog a few days ago, so apologies for the delayed response. Thanks for your mention of Funambol. Actually, Funambol has been around for a few years, but only recently released a beta version (Funambol v3.0 beta 1) of the software that has push email functionality. The software was originally built for PIM sync functionality and the solution for that works exceptionally well. So, to answer your question, yes, the push email component works - its early in the development process and will improve a lot. With 25,000 downloads of the software per month (and growing), there are many sets of eyes on the code, so code quality and functionality will increase rapidly as with past versions. You could always download it and try it out, or for more unsolicited opinions, you could monitor the mailing lists: https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=30236 Or, if you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to answer: jason [at] funambol [dot] com Thanks again for recognizing Funambol. Regards, Jason Finkelstein Funambol Community Manager Colin – I only just came across your blog a few days ago, so apologies for the delayed response. Thanks for your mention of Funambol. Actually, Funambol has been around for a few years, but only recently released a beta version (Funambol v3.0 beta 1) of the software that has push email functionality. The software was originally built for PIM sync functionality and the solution for that works exceptionally well.

So, to answer your question, yes, the push email component works – its early in the development process and will improve a lot. With 25,000 downloads of the software per month (and growing), there are many sets of eyes on the code, so code quality and functionality will increase rapidly as with past versions. You could always download it and try it out, or for more unsolicited opinions, you could monitor the mailing lists: https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=30236

Or, if you have any specific questions, I’d be happy to answer: jason [at] funambol [dot] com

Thanks again for recognizing Funambol.

Regards,
Jason Finkelstein
Funambol Community Manager

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