Hello Everyone! I have been following the WOFoundation discussion on the list closely and find the enthusiasm refreshing. I haven't been this excited about WO's future for years! During WWDC & since, I have been talking with some of you about how we as a community can all start moving in a similar direction for a sustained period... the sustained part has historically been a problem. The idea of forming a Foundation or some type of non-profit entity along the lines of what CalConnect (http://www.calconnect.org) is to iCalendar would be beneficial to the WO community. WebObjects needs advocacy; as many of us have repeatedly pointed out over the years. A Foundation could provide that structure, and elements of CalConnect could be used as a model. The Foundation could also serve as a focal point for the WO community, much like what Mac OS Forge (http://www.macosforge.org) is to Apple's open-source efforts, providing a common direction for all us renegades & loners. My sense is that we need infrastructure to support & guide our efforts: - content management on the front end (magnolia? http://www.magnolia.info) - source control, issue tracking, documentation & collaboration for each development project (trac? http://trac.edgewall.org) - a wiki for all other projects (eventually... http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/wikiserver.html ?) We need a starting point... I registered WOForge.com, .net, and .org, and would gladly donate the domains and hosting to such a Foundation. We could use the domains now, while working towards formalizing the Foundation over the coming months. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Jim :) ________________________________________________________ James M. Terry raQ-it Hosting Services, Inc. 3551 South Monaco Parkway Suite 252 Denver, CO 80237 720-240-4685 Office 720-249-2480 Fax |
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