On 7 January 2015 at 04:25, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dennis, > > I like your style. I'll introduce myself to those who don't know me in the > near future. > > What I am grasping for is documentation on the architecture and how Java > based libraries like Apache POI and PDFBox would fit with Corinthia. Once I > can understand this then I might be able to lean in with help with Office > and PDF. > Hi Dave Welcome aboard. Looking forward to work together with you on this project. When Peter and I meet, I looked into especially POI because I think there is a lot we can use there. Peter taught me the benefit of having pure C code due to the different platforms. Without it being written in stone, I as developer, would find it very difficult accepting a second programming language, or the requirement of needing a java runtime. Having said that, I have been thinking about if there are java->C converters we could use. rgds jan I. > > Regards, > Dave > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 6, 2015, at 6:30 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Dorte, > > > > Thank you for the introduction. So you and Jan talk every day! That > > is valuable context! > > > > I don't think we have a shared understanding of how the web can > > work for Corinthia. > > > > I appreciate your effort and your skill with the web pages. > > > > Because the web site is responsive, and the Wiki is not, it may be that > > the web site is a better place to gather information. It might be a > > better place to arrive at with searches on the Internet also. > > > > If the goal is to attract committers on existing Apache projects, it > > is perhaps unclear what questions such persons have about Corinthia > > and the best way to answer them. It is also not clear what is the > > best way to have their attention and awareness on Corinthia. > > > > Those are all good questions. Thank you for pointing out that these > > need to be considered. > > > > It is my misunderstanding about the web pages. I did not understand > > them to be drafts or proposals. I took them as steps in a desired > > direction. I did not want to "churn" the pages, and I did not know > > where to start. I confused myself about passing changes through Jan > > to you. > > > > - Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dorte Fjalland [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 15:36 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Corinthia web and social media > > > > Hi all, Happy New Year. I can see that there has been some > > correspondence now re. the Corinthia web/social media strategies and the > > content so far proposed. I prefer to comment in a new post as I would not > > know where else to reply. > > > > I made the current web proposal based on my understanding that the > project > > needed like a kind of "sales brochure" aimed at getting committers from > > other Apache projects involved in Corinthia and therefore a site that > would > > be easy to overview and containing basic/essential information and with > > links to all the serious and detailed stuff to be found in wikis etc. > > > > Reading the various mail threads i get the impression that maybe the > > community should find out who they want to reach and then decide the > tools. > > Re the fb page and the Twitter the members who are active on those medias > > can be editors/admins and provide content, but again, you can do this > with > > the intention of attracting new people and or a way of communicating ( in > > public and with the purpose of attracting attention/new people). > > > > I am sorry to read that the web site proposal has been seen as a private > > and already agreed on job. This was not the intention. Anyhow, if some of > > you don't know it, then Jan is my husband and we do talk ... also about > > Corinthia. Before I retired to Southern Spain together with Jan I used to > > work with web journalism and information strategies. > > > > All for now, looking forward to hearing your comments. > > Dorte > > >
