(2005-07-01) Armstrong Java Collaboration Ware

Eric Armstrong is following some Java/NetBeans-based Collaboration Ware. The Netbeans Collaboration project provides a framework for developing collaboration-aware applications that can leverage features based on various low-level communication technologies and protocols such as XMPP, JXTA, SIP, etc. The Framework enables the development of applications using a client-agnositc, XML messaging protocol called MOXC (pronounced as "moxie") that masks the disparities between various lower-level protocols. Any application can potentially send and receive these XML messages in order to inter-collaborate. While the MOXC protocol is not tied to the Netbeans platform necessarily or even Java technology, the project will provide an open source Java implementation of the protocol.

There's a good Blue Oxen thread about various people's experience with Collaborative Writing experiences: SubEthaEdit, Wiki, etc.