Having OFBiz used in ASF for (#1, #2 and #3) looks really challenging! It is a very good occasion to coordinate efforts towards a common (to all developers) vertical end-user application.
-Bruno 2008/11/20 David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I spoke with Tim about this and some clarification might be helpful. > > What the ASF is actually looking for, based on what I heard from people > (and this seems to be consistent with what Tim heard when I spoke with him): > > 1. project management (replace Jira) > 2. content management (replace the various wiki servers) > 3. foundation management (replace lots of scripts and manually maintained > text files) > > To push these along and start better defining what these mean, I've added > some skeletons to the Universal Business Process Library with stories > specific to these purposes: > > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBREQDES/Story+of+Apache+OFBiz > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBREQDES/Story+of+Apache+Software+Foundation > > For an intro to the UBPL and to see what these will be like: > > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBREQDES/UBPL+Introduction > > If anyone would like to get involved with ideas (go into the Ideas to > Incorporate section) or on the Story itself, please write to the list and > start sending ideas about things to include, or activities that we perform > as part of OFBiz and as part of ASF. > > -David > > > > On Nov 16, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Tim Ruppert wrote: > > Calling all people who'd like to be a part of the effort to finish the >> implementation of CRMSFA in OFBiz! >> >> I'm sure that everyone knows the history of the CRMSFA application in >> OFBiz and other derivative applications, so I won't go into that detail >> here, but needless to say, we've had a request to complete the CRMSFA >> application in OFBiz by the ASF for internal use (and we've got almost all >> of the pieces sitting there already). As many of you know, this is a pretty >> big deal and this discussion continued into other realms as the ASF wants to >> eat their own dog food, and OFBiz happens to be the best platform for >> building these vertical applications. >> >> We have a number of resources that could be ready to go on this and will >> offer to dedicate someone to help drive the process (as this tends to help). >> We'd start / continue driving this thru JIRA, but it'd be nice to know what >> other people in the community might want to be a part of this so that it can >> be more coordinated. Looking forward to hearing feedback and excitement >> over this neat opportunity! >> >> Cheers, >> Tim >> -- >> Tim Ruppert >> HotWax Media >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >> >> o:801.649.6594 >> f:801.649.6595 >> >> >
