Re: Thoughts on WOFoundation
Re: Thoughts on WOFoundation
- Subject: Re: Thoughts on WOFoundation
- From: Wolfram Stebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:33:46 +0200
- Thread-topic: Thoughts on WOFoundation
Am 20.08.2006 9:18 Uhr schrieb "James M. Terry" unter <email@hidden>:
See also thread: Re: whywebobjects.org - WWDC followup [and URLs], Lets
Start doing it
Se also last mail from Don Guernsey <email@hidden> 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 :)
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