I've got these domain names: portlet-catalog.org portlet-catalogue.org portletcatalog.com portletcatalog.net portletcatalog.org portletcatalogue.org theportletcatalog.com theportletcatalog.net theportletcatalog.org theportletcatalogue.org
I had reservations about mentioning them on the jetspeed-list since I had plans to sell advertising on the site(s). My idea for the site(s) was: 1) Searchable catalog of portlets - vendor neutral (Sun, IBM, Oracle, Jetspeed, etc) 2) Articles about portlet development 3) Listings of java portal containers... eventually only JSR-168 compatible ones. My hope was to keep the site running based on advertising from commercial portlet providers. I was thinking of allowing free posting for free portlets, and charging a fee for portlets that are not free. Also allowing for rating of portlets, etc. Something a`la: Macromedia's tag gallery or rather Exchanges as they are now called. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#loc=en_us&view=sn100&vi ewName=Exchange I don't want upset people who will be offended by the commercial aspect/aspirations here, perhaps there is a compromise where I could agree to allow jetspeed usuage of the *.org domain names above in such a way that I can still persue my ideas with the other domains? Perhaps it could be the same site(s) except the .org version is not commercialized. I would also want to be able to keep the .org and the not .org sites roughly the same look-and-feel and features if possible. Ideally they would be identical sites, just one with and one without adverstising etc. I'm thinking something like donating a 9 year lease for the domain names? Jetspeed is not really an entity.. so I guess any agreement would have to be with ASF? I figured I'd post this out on the list despite the threat that now anyone could "rip-off" the idea. I don't see this as my ticket to retirement, but it would be nice if I could pick up some additional $'s and help the js portal community at the same time. I'm posting this after seeing David's last post about the server offer to see what people's opinions are. I think if people find it not altogether offensive, then we'd be two big steps closer to having a portlet area for jetspeed 2. -----Original Message----- From: David Sean Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:04 PM To: Jetspeed Developers List Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Contributed portlets page On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 07:49 AM, Jeremy Ford wrote: > I'm +1 to adding a page to the Jetspeed site with links to other > portlets. > This will at least let people know that there are other portlets out > there > other than the ones Jetspeed provides. > > I like the idea of Jetspeed being self hosted. While Apache may not > be the > host of a portlet catalog, perhaps Jetspeed could interact with one. I > think it would be cool if you could browse a portlet catalog from a > installed Jetspeed and be able to dynamically install portlets from it. > Just one of my dreams to go along with Mark's. :) > Jeremy Ford > Has anyone inquired to see if Apache allows for running application servers at their site? It seems kind of strange that they wouldn't support such a thing. If Apache wants no part of it, I'd be glad to donate a server to run it on. I think its worth asking Apache first. Just beware of the bureaucracy,.. -- David Sean Taylor Bluesunrise Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] +01 707 773-4646 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
