I think I would sign up for something like that. I would even be willing to pay a nominal fee to share the burden of managing the site. Or some intrepid soul may even use google ads to make some payback on the whole thing.
John Griessen wrote: > > > al davis wrote: > >> I got the domain name "gedaconsulting.com". For now, it points at >> seul.org, which puts up the seul web page, which links to geda. >> "gnucap.gedaconsulting.org" points to gnucap.org. I am open to >> suggestions on what to do with it. > > It's a natural name for a site with tabs for: > > services -- Negotiate to develop an add-on to any one of the whole list > of geda software. Website message form to fill for a call back. > services -- List fixed price bids for new developments developers want > to do, > with an e-commerce website form to pay for it with credit card, > and a message form to get a telephone call back from a developer. > services -- Create windows builds. Perhaps by an ebay style "auction" > with an incremental price that gets it to you 1 week in advance of free > publishing it after twenty customers ante up, and with a "buy it now" > price for the ones who think it will solve a problem for them. If the > incremental price was $5, the buy it now would be $200, or what's > needed to get to a total of $200. > services -- Use gEDA tools to do work for hire. A links page. With > testimonials, head shots, BBB link, etc. > > support services -- Negotiate for training to use gEDA tools. List of > available > trainers. Sell compilations, videos, printed documentatation. > > support services -- providing computer boxes with linux distros and geda > installed and set up for the customer's domain and networking details > support services -- offering access through the web to run iverilog on an > Opteron machine or farm of them. > > > This could start out as just pages of links to others's web sites, > an evolve to have some kind of rating system, editorializing by Al, the > site operator, even committees. We're an independent bunch -- > committees might never happen.... > > It would be best done with a "content managed" site that has logins for > content changes by the individual providers, so Al can code full time :-) > > John G >> >> >> On Wednesday 06 December 2006 07:12, Stuart Brorson wrote: >>> [1] I'm leaving out the active PCB developers here since >>> they have their own donation system. >> >> How is it working? > > I'm curious to know what sourceforge told you all about some "tip money" > $20 I donated to the pcb project. Did it go to an account Dan, DJ or > Harry can draw from? Did it just fund the operation of sourceforge? > > John G > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev > -- Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. steve at icarus.com But I have promises to keep, http://www.icarus.com and lines to code before I sleep, http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep." _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
