Prior to Class go to Groove Networks and download and install the trial version of Virtual Office on your notebook. Please register in the Groove Web Service so you can collaborate with members of your project team. We will spend part of the class having the teams explore and evaluate the Groove product.  "Getting Started" on the Groove site will get you up and going.  You will need to send your group members your Groove user name to communicate through the Groove Directory. I would not use your Darden account name or password just to be extra safe. You may want to use Groove to collaborate on your group project.

Collaborative Computing  Study Questions

1.  What are the characteristics of Peer-to-Peer computing that make it different from current     computing models such as client-server or mainframe based computing?

2.   Is P-to-P a disruptive technology? Is Groove a P-to-P product?

3.   What is the value proposition for Groove Networks?

4.   Would Groove be useful for group work at Darden?

5.   Why is Microsoft partnering with Ray Ozzie?

6.   How has Ozzie's leveraged his Notes experience in designing the Groove product? How is Groove different from Notes?

7.   Has IM reached main stream status? Should corporate IT support IM?

8.  What is "presence technology"? How is it important to the evolution of messaging products?

9.  Why is interoperability so important to the success of collaborative products?

10. How do the VOIP products such as Skype relate to the evolution of messaging products?