This reminded of http://collab.net - which a few of us are familiar with from back in 2006. Since then I think they've opened some stuff up http://www.collab.net/community - not sure if that's what you were thinking, but they had a user account system managing email lists and more. I know some people still using it if you want a pointer to them.
Tyler On 2011-03-07, at 1:38 PM, Paul Spencer wrote: > Besides SourceForge, Google Code is a great hosting environment for open > source projects, and also github is becoming very popular. > > Cheers > > Paul > > On 2011-03-03, at 11:54 AM, Robert Hollingsworth wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm giving a presentation at the GITA conference in >> Grapevine TX in April, as part of the OSGEO track >> there. (Audience: electric/gas/water utilities, >> telecommunications, etc.) >> >> Subject of the talk: highlights of management of a >> project as open-source, especially where that differs >> from software development in the single-company, >> closed-source model. >> >> Although the audience is likely to be mostly consisting >> of non-software developers, I'll be calling on these very >> people to team up with each other and with in-house >> and/or consulting software engineers -- across company >> lines -- to launch, build, and maintain open-source >> apps that address needs in their respective subject >> areas. >> >> I've got a fair amount of research to do to compile this >> information -- what apps and file structures comprise a >> viable project server, presenting all that through the >> project web site, etc. >> >> It has occurred to me that it would be useful to create >> an "Open-Source Project Starter Kit," a file structure >> consisting of the means to create and maintain a >> project, with none of the actual content. It's skeleton >> website definition would simply point at the >> unpopulated management components. >> >> A quick google suggests there are tools out there >> addressing some of this. And there's Sourceforge, of >> course. >> >> But if OSGEO were to create such a kit, it could be >> constructed so that the resulting projects match many of >> the criteria for qualifying as OSGEO member projects >> later. >> >> Any ideas out there on the feasibility of something like >> this, how to construct, etc.? I know a starter kit such as >> this would be most attractive to the GITA audience I'll >> be speaking to if it as close as possible to being a >> one-button operation. >> >> Thanks, >> Robert H. >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > __________________________________________ > > Paul Spencer > Chief Technology Officer > DM Solutions Group Inc > http://research.dmsolutions.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
