A lot of that is still developing at the moment. Xara is set to give a presentation here tomorrow, and they also have another person coming out on Sunday. Once things settle down we'll probably be able to get more detailed information.
Up front, though, there are a few things I can mention. First is that Xara has several people there at the LGM, is showing what they have done so far, and have put out their source code. The other main thing is that several Inkscape people have already been spending time talking with the Xara folks, and plan to get more in this weekend.
That said, I think that the details of where the projects are going is a little up in the air at the moment. Xara's people have mainly been focusing on getting their port up and running solidly. So they haven't had as much time to look for the general areas for collaboration yet. One possible thing that differs between the projects at the moment is that Inkscape has been focused on being primarily an SVG editor, while Xara is looking at being a general art and illustration tool.
So in the near term both projects will be out there and running, with general cooperation and collaboration in mind. Hopefully by the end of the weekend we'll see a little more detail on things start to come out. However, my personal guess at the moment is that both Xara Xtreme and Inkscape will both be around for some time, with common parts becoming shared as make sense.
Watch for more details over the next few days.
On Friday, March 17, 2006, at 03:47 PM, Adib Taraben wrote:
Hello,
I received an e-mail from the german computer magazin asking what is the progress with the XARA involvement and what is the impact/influence into Inkscape. And also he want to know if this is going into a competition between the two products. He is refering the LIBRE-Meeting. Was there someone?
I did not really red all the e-mail's abaout that. So can someone summarize this?
Thanks,
Adib.