On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 15:23 -1000, Matt Darnell wrote: > On 1/29/06, R. Scott Belford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matt Darnell wrote: > > What companies in town are offering > > > OSS solutions, what are some migration strategies. Who are the OSS > > players > > > in town, I tend to think of my self as plugged in, and all I know is > > > Michael, Hoala, and Vince part time. > > > > With respect to your list of FOSS service providers, add HOSEF to it. > > Also - Tim Newsham. Clifton Royston. Julian Yap. Ron Willis. Kris > > Hansen. Scott Thompson. Jim Thompson. Scott Belford. Jeff Mings. I > > can go on and on, Matt. This is the benefit of networking in an Open > > Source Community. There are multiple VOIP providers, and, after > > TPOSSCON, the competition will be heating up. > > I am remiss not naming Ron Willis, one of my first OSS contacts, and Clifton > Royston. A directory would be super. Maybe of those folks will take the > intiative.
This type of directory has been discussed at HOSEF since I have been here and I would like to expand on it. There exists a need for this directory/database, not only for HOSEF's K12LTSP installation support purposes but for the Hawaii OSS community in general. I would like to put forth the opportunity for those on the LUAU list to put their hand up and volunteer the development of this section on the HOSEF.org web site. We are able to cater to using and hosting Open Source technology solutions such as PHP, MySQL, Ruby On Rails, Python, etc... This opportunity would ideally suit students who would like to get the experience building and deploying such a project. Upon successful completion of the project I will happily write up a professional reference. My initiative or part of this is that I will mentor/project manage the task. I will cater to the development environment required, for example setting up a code version control repository. I will also participate in code review and offer timely feedback, etc... The only provision to the developer(s) is that any code written may potentially be released under the GPL v2. If you are interested, please submit your proposals to me via email. Preferably with a resume and statement on how you would develop this project. This _may beg the question, "Why don't I just develop this myself?" As a volunteer organization, HOSEF's resources are limited. By distributing the workload in a way that follows Open Source methodologies we achieve more and everyone wins. So yes, I could show initiative by doing it all myself but I'm hoping that my proposal sounds exciting and interesting enough for some of you on this list. I will be accepting proposals for the next two weeks (flexible). If I don't receive any proposals then you can all go back to your .NET development in peace. I would like to also mention that this project should not be viewed as a once off. HOSEF has the members (many with more experience than I have) to further similar projects. As a background, I am a current member of the HOSEF Board of Directors. Regards, Julian http://julianyap.com
