Question for Integration

[Michael Beattie]

On 6/20/05, dave walker <dave at mudsite.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am asking this devel group if you know any information on the
> following.  I and a friend were talking about this last night, and were
> wondering why is there no central directory system for Linux (or Gnome)
> machines?  We both use OSX a lot and notice that programs such as Adium
> (Mac port of Gaim), Mail, iChat, etc.etc. all pull from one system-wide
> address/contact book.  Before we started creating one, we wanted to ask
> why this does not exist.  Is there something we are not seeing, or has
> no one ever done this before?
> 
> Thanks for your input.

Well, I think the answer lies with the internal consistency of OS X. 
Linux doesnt have that.  Who can say if someone will use your address
book, or the address book in Evolution, or the one in Thunderbird, or
some other one...  Therefore apps that are going to read this address
book need interfaces to all of the different books and then need to
ask you which one you want to use.

That being said, good luck.  I'd like to see a unified standard thing
that people can use for this purpose.