On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan binand@gmail.comwrote:
2011/1/6 Shamit Verma subs.linux.mum@vshamit.com:
Its like FAT32, developed by MS but a de-facto standard. It is supported
by
iOS, Android, Symbian, Samsung. Blackberry. And it works on Windows/Mac/Linux
Which software on Linux supports ActiveSync?
As far as the comparison to FAT-32 is concerned, that is sufficient reason to stay as far away from ActiveSync as possible - since FAT-32 is the first known product whose patents Microsoft tried to enforce on Linux. See:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-sues-tomtom-over-fat...
ActiveSync is similarly patent-encumbered.
OpenSync is one the most used packages on Linux. Good into on that : http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/b/bb/OpenSync_FOSDEM_2007.pdf
In mobile world, there is not escaping MS things. MS was doing smartphones in 1998 when no one else was, thats why Windows CE technologies like FAT32/OBEX/ActiveSync are well entrenched in this market. Everyone including Apple/Android/BlackBerry licenses in from MS.
-Shamit