Thus far our discussion has been entirely theoretical; we have demonstrated on paper that WAP is not viable, and that LEAP has all the characteristics necessary to displace WAP and become the industry standard. However this is all academic until the protocols are implemented as software and deployed in real world systems.
In order for the LEAP protocols to become widely used, they must be implemented in the form of software solutions that are readily available for deployment by end-users. To this end, Neda has created open-source software implementations of the protocols for most common platforms. Protocol engines are available in the form of portable code which has been ported to a variety of platforms. On the device side, software is available for pagers and cell-phones; hand-held PCs (Windows CE, Palm OS, Palm PC, EPOC) and Palm Pilot; Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT; Pine (UNIX, Windows, DOS). On the message center side, software is available for NT, Solaris, and Linux.
These open-source implementations of LEAP are available as free
software at
http://www.MailMeAnywhere.org/.
As noted above, the initial emphasis of LEAP is on the mobile messaging application. Protocol engines are only a single component of a bigger picture; in order to provide complete solutions to the user it is necessary to integrate these protocols into other existing pieces of software. To that end Neda has created MailMeAnywhere.org, where fully-integrated solutions in open source format are made available to the user.
Neda will also initially ``prime the pump'' by providing free subscriber services through ByNumber.net. This will provide initial support for adoption of the protocols by end-user devices. Usage of the protocols among a sufficient number of user devices will then provide the motivation for usage among the message center systems.