Zimlets without ZCS

[ashish.ashish]

"While the Zimlet Specification was designed for the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, the model could be easily be generalized for other Web 2.0/AJAX user interfaces."

this is the statement i have read in one of the pdf's available in Zimbra.com.
what this statement means. if i have my own web 2.0/ajax based application, can i incorporate zimlets into it to make it interact with third party without using Zimbra collaboration suite.

[mmorse]

what this statement means. if i have my own web 2.0/ajax based application, can i incorporate zimlets into it to make it interact with third party without using Zimbra collaboration suite.

In essence: No, there are classes/calls/etc/way more stuff on the back end that is specific to zimbra.
You would have to replicate all the classes/environment/etc that your zimlet would call.
Read closer-it's meant as a concept of development:

While the Zimlet Specification was designed for the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, the model could be easily be generalized for other Web 2.0/AJAX user interfaces.

ie: Anyone could adapt this concept of addons and their architecture/structure for another application.