Thoughts on the project:
“I first heard about the ESME project on Twitter. I noticed a mention of SCN with a link to the SDN wiki, and because I believe in the value proposition of micro-messaging for the enterprise, I went to check it out.  I noticed a great group assembling around a compelling mission with a number of respected SCN members, and jumped in.  I volunteered myself and my peer, Kirsten Gay, Manager of User Experience in SAP Global Business Operations.
I got involved in the project because ESME is a solution we need.  My team at SAP uses Twitter for social communication and an internal instance of laconica for more sensitive discussion, but we want more. We want to extend this basic messaging functionality to make it relevant for the internal business user community we support.  Enterprise teams need features that aren’t required on the open internet, such as hooks into back-end systems, and that is what we’re building with ESME.”