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+07/11/01 - Christian Belisle
+
+Goal of the project: Migrate mail, data and useful informations from
+Windows to Mandrake Linux
+
+Features:
+- Mail & mail account migration from Netscape, Outlook Express, Outlook
+and Eudora.
+- Data migration from folders specified by the user.
+- Migration will be in a format that all the programs can read. Need to
+be determined.
+- Data from MS SQL Server migration
+
+How it will work:
+- The first step will be in the Mandrake First Time Wizard. The program
+will detect Netscape, OE and Eudora accounts and will ask to the user if
+he want to transfer his account(s) in Linux. And if so, in which
+program. After, the user will have to choose if he wants to transfer his
+emails or not. And finally, he will have to tell if he wants to transfer
+his data (files and SQL), and from where.
+- After, an application will be available on the desktop to allow the
+user to synchronise with his existing Windows partition.
+- The two parts will be depending on a library with all the necessary
+functions to allow migration. Only the ergonomics features will be
+developped in the applications.
+- If the user choose so, a boot-only program can be installed to
+synchronize Windows and Linux each time he boots (will mainly be
+symbolic links to the files in the windows partition).
+
+Priorities:
+- Research for information about Netscape, OE and Eudora formats
+(mailbox and accounts)
+- Build the mail part of the library
+        - OE migration (high priority)
+	        - Netscape migration (middle priority)
+		        - Eudora migration (low priority)
+			- Build the data part of the library
+			- Build the standalone interface first to crashtest the library
+			- Build an embedded interface to put it in Mandrake First Time
+			- Build the synchronizer
+			- Build the SQL part of the library
+
+			Timeframe:
+			- Research: 1 week
+			- Mail Part of the Library: 5 weeks
+		        - OE migration: 2 weeks
+		        - Netscape migration: 2 weeks
+		        - Eudora migration: 1 week
+			- Data Part of the Library: 2 weeks
+			- Standalone interface: 3 weeks
+			- Embedded interface: 2 weeks
+			- Synchronizer: 2 weeks
+			- SQL Part: 3 weeks
+
+Risk Evaluation:
+- The first risk will be found in the eudora part of the library. That's
+why I put only 1 week. If it's not working, it's not enough popular to
+give more time.
+- For OE and Netscape, there should be any stuff on the internet to
+build something, so no risk here.
+- For the data migration part, there's no risk either... we just have to
+think about a good way to manage the files (copying or linking in the
+windows partition) and once done, the development will be easy.
+- In the standalone interface, there will be risks that the library is
+not working correctly. That's why I put 3 weeks for the standalone and 2
+weeks for the embedded.
+- The synchronizer will be like the embedded part... meaning no major
+risks.
+- SQL part is risky, that's why I put it in the last priority. If it's
+not ready for 8.2, it will be for the next one.
+
+Technologies used:
+- Library: C or Perl (Perl is faster to develop. But if I loose time
+coding the existing C source in Perl, I will finish the library in C.)
+- Standalone interface: gtk (perl or C... will be determined soon)
+- Mandrake First Time: using the same language than the program itself.
+- Synchronizer: perl (to ease the development, we don't need big speed
+here)
+
+Many things still need to be determined during the research timeframe.
+So a second version of this file will be out after the research week.