Jon Stevens wrote:
>
> on 5/29/2000 8:45 PM, burtonator at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > "The goal of this RFP is to write a functional specification for project
> > management software that will address the needs of the open source
> > community. In that vein, the analysis will focus largely on methods of
> > collection, abstraction and access to pertinent information as opposed
> > to other domains which focus largely on money or tangible resource
> > allocation (like delivering office supplies)."
> >
> > There is a strong spin on this for using PERL. The sponsor wants to use
> > their PERL based web application framework for this but I assume it is
> > still open....
> >
> > http://www.sourceexchange.com/RfpBrowse?Button=Details&rfpID=29&JServSessionId
> > =3fd1f5777c19b486.3691.959657660265.A1
>
> Kevin, it seems a bit odd to send your comments about this to the Jetspeed
> mailing list...but whatever... :-)
Huh? Really? This is what the org.apache.jetspeed.project package (in
whatever state it is in) is about.
> This is the "official" response (with permission from Keri to
> forward)...Keri had recently sent the same thing to Nissim who had asked
> about this same thing earlier...
>
> The cool thing about the Project Planning Software is that once complete, it
> can be implemented any way we want. We tried to make it clear in the RFP
> but I'll reiterate -- the presence of an analysis of the smartworkers
> classes does not mean technology lock-in. The project will be implemented
> the best way possible and I assure you that we at Collab.Net are definitely
> going to want this software to be easily integrated into all existing
> technologies that we have/are developing. On the other hand, since we've
> got a pool here of software developers (Smartworker/Opendesk) who are 1)
> very interested in OSS, 2) willing to help fund this technolgy's development
> and 3) have already demonstrated that they can put together a project
> planning tool and open-source significant parts of it -- I want to make sure
> that we take advantage of their expertise and experience. I know that we
> can create a win-win situation here and want to make sure works out that way
> in the end. :-)
OK. I should have stated this was a requirements doc and it was still
open to discussion as to the impl technology.
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