msn-pecan now has direct connection support (fast file transfers)

[Gary Kramlich]

Richard Laager wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 22:24 -0600, Gary Kramlich wrote:
>> I think the best way to describe this is that a personal message has
>> absolutely nothing to do with presence.  Trying to tie it onto a
>> presence API is just wrong.
> 
> Why? How is a "personal status message" different from an away message
> or an available message?
> 
> I've asked this several times now, requested examples, provided a couple
> minor change suggestions, and all I keep hearing is: These are totally
> different and we need to redo EVERYTHING in some way which I haven't
> described.
> 
> Please provide a use case that hasn't been covered and/or a concrete
> suggestion. Until then, I'm done here.
> 
> Richard

PSM: "Happy Birthday to me!"
Status: "having dinner with my parents..."

Is that a good enough example?

A PSM should be looked at as more of a MOTD, but personalized and not
necessarily just for that day or the full day.  Where as a presence is
meant to be a what you're doing.

-- 
Gary Kramlich <grim at reaperworld.com>

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