An XML Messaging Service for Mobile Devices
Jaakko Kangasharju · Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja · 2006
First of all, I would like to thank the advisor of my postgraduate studies, Professor Kimmo Raatikainen, for the opportunity to work on this topic. He has permitted me the freedom to pursue my own interests, but has always been available to advise and has provided many pointers on interesting avenues to consider. The Fuego Core project, where the work for this thesis was performed, is an excellent environment for research. The atmosphere in the project is very relaxed, and all of its past and present members very competent. Discussions within the group have been very stimulating for my own work, and I hope I have contributed similarly to others ’ work. As I have noticed during this work, a middleware platform cannot exist in a vacuum. Design of the system and its interfaces needs to be driven by the needs of messaging applications, and these needs cannot all be understood in advance. In that spirit, I would like to thank Sasu Tarkoma and Marko Saaresto for early use of the messaging system and for discovering