[Kolab-devel] Is IMAP still the right choice?

[Thomas Koch]

Hi,

I'll push regular updates to my bachelor thesis[1], if my Professor agrees. 
Right now I've pushed a list of advantages (short) and disadvantages (long) of 
using IMAP for a groupware like Kolab does.[2]

I've the impression that IMAP may have been a good, quick choice at the 
beginning of the project that should be revised now.

I'd like to propose as the subject of my bachelor thesis that I want to 
outline a groupware architecture with the following properties and implement a 
small part of it:

- restful protocols: portable contacts (now integrated in opensocial) and 
Google's calendar API v3[3]
- NoSQL or plain files storage? CouchDB?
- CardDAV / CalDAV to reach many clients

I'd appreciate any comments on the IMAP subject or my "restful groupware" 
vision. Thank you!

[1] https://github.com/thkoch2001/bachelor-thesis
[2] this link may change: http://thkoch2001.github.com/bachelor-
thesis/multi/restful_groupwarese2.html
[3] http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/v3

Regards,

Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro