"For several years now, Evolution has been the default e-mail
program for the GNOME Desktop. It uses a flexible architecture and
provides mature implementations of many e-mail protocols (POP3,
IMAPv4, SMTP, and even Exchange, Groupwise, and Hula). Also, it has
an advanced user interface (UI), which is getting even more
friendly in the next release--as seen at GUADEC.
"Great. However, all this requires quite a bit of memory. Tens
of megabytes for moderate amounts of e-mail. Now, there's a lot of
memory in your desktop PC, but what about an 'embedded' device? For
example, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Or the One-Laptop-per-Child
(OLPC) machine? In such devices, we need to be very careful with
the memory usage. Also, they usually require user interfaces which
are very different from the one Evolution offers--if only for the
much smaller screen sizes. So, what if we took the mature, non-UI
parts of Evolution, cut down on the memory usage, and made it
possible to have customized user interfaces? Wouldn't that be great
for embedded devices, and even for low-end PCs...?"
