[wsfii-discuss] P2P and Wireless Systems

Wed Feb 14 22:16:58 UTC 2007

Jeff Harrison schrieb:
> Thanks for the comments, we have put a lot of work into ((Echo))MyPlace 
> and hope it can help development and use of wireless community networks 
> – especially as people seek to connect over their own neighborhoods.
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> ((Echo))MyPlace actually functions in three modes – Global, LinkLocal, 
> and Ad hoc Network. The Ad hoc mode allows you to form your own local 
> cloud with no other connections. That’s the mode that’s probably of 
> interest to folks on this list.

would be interesting to make that mode network aware. the implementation 
of a modified rfc3626 from olsr.org can deliver topology information via 
various interfaces.

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> It’s definitely not like Google Earth - the basic premise of 
> ((Echo))MyPlace is that YOU store and control your content (notes and 
> pictures) on your own computer not give it up to some server somewhere, 
> be it Microsoft, Google or whoever.  By the way, I don’t believe any one 
> company should own the digital representation of the Earth.
> 

cool, open the protocol under a nondiscriminating license and please let 
me play with it on my mac. ;-) nobody should own the protocols for 
describing the world.

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> Regards,
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> Jeff
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Greets, Alex

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