Blink Cocoa

h1. Microsoft Lync replacement checklist

Complete multimedia experience (audio, video, presence, chat, file transfer, screen sharing) interoperable with foreign SIP and XMPP domains.

h2. Client Side (Blink)

|_. Component|_. Mac OSX |_. Windows |_. Linux|_. Protocol |
| Audio| Yes | Yes | Yes | RTP Opus codec |
| Presence| Yes | Yes | Yes | SIP SIMPLE RLS|
| Contact List | Yes | Yes | Yes | SIP SIMPLE XCAP|
| Chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | MSRP protocol|
| File Transfer | Yes | Yes | Yes | MSRP protocol |
| Multimedia Conferencing | Yes | Yes | Yes | RTP and MSRP|
| NAT Traversal | Yes | Yes | Yes | ICE & MSRP Relay |
| Screen sharing | Yes | UD | UD | VNC over MSRP |
| Video | Yes | UD | UD | RTP H.264 codec|
| Brand-able | Yes | Yes | No | N/A |
| Packaging | DMG | Installer | .deb | N/A|
| Multi-language | Yes | No | No | |

* N/A = not applicable
* UD = under development

Complete RFC and standards listed here http://icanblink.com/standards.phtml

h2. Server Side (SylkServer)

|_. Component|_. Linux |_. Protocol |
| XMPP gateway | Yes | "IETF STOX":http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/stox/|
| Multiparty Chat | Yes | MSRP Switch|
| Multiparty Audio | Yes | RTP mixer|
| Multiparty File Transfer | Yes | MSRP|
| Multiparty Video | No | Colibri|
| Conference Participants | Yes | RFC4575|

Complete RFC and standards listed here http://sylkserver.com/features.phtml

The Presence Agent (RLS server) is provided by OpenSIPS, MSRP nat traversal by MSRP Relay and contact list by OpenXCAP. Ideally, these two components should be integrated in the server side for deployment at customer premisses.