Am 20.08.2006 9:18 Uhr schrieb "James M. Terry" unter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
See also thread: Re: whywebobjects.org - WWDC followup [and URLs], Lets Start doing it Se also last mail from Don Guernsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at "WebObjects Foundation" thread. James, would you tie all them together? There seem to be a lot of avaliable resources :-) Wolfram > 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 > > http://www.raQ-it.net _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to archive@mail-archive.com
