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0 pointsragesh13y ago0 comments

I think it's insane. When they announced they were ditching ActiveSync because it's proprietary they were selling us on CalDAV support because it's a "standard". That kind of made sense and it was moving the world towards a better place. Now they're saying they don't like CalDAV either, so just use the Google Calendar API. I don't see how this is any different from the proprietariness of ActiveSync.

Sigh, I'm not really sure I trust Google to do the right thing anymore.

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MrScruff13y ago

The downside of Google's product strategy of throwing things against a wall is becoming clear. This post is from 3 days ago:

http://winsource.com/2013/03/11/caldav-and-carddav-support-f...

So even as Microsoft is working to implement support for Google calendar syncing, Google pulls the rug out. This also leaves iOS users with no Google calendar syncing mechanism.

If Google is open, they have a strange way of showing it.

rageshOP13y ago

It just makes no sense at all. I don't get how they decide to do a complete u-turn on the CardDAV issue in just a couple of months. It's almost like they're doing this just to aggravate Windows Phone users.

I hope someone at Microsoft is paying attention. They should just step up to the plate now and announce IMAP + CalDAV + CardDAV support on their services for those who want it. I'd switch in a blink.

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