Hadn't thought of sf in that sense, but I guess there's no reason why you couldn't open an account, propose a project, then look to hire developers through the help wanted bit...
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Jerry Yeager wrote: > Here you go: > > http://sourceforge.net/ > > Toss 'em the project and see what they say... > > > Jerry > > On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 04:29 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > > > > > Hmmm. > > > > Isn't there a website for people to submit requests for open source work > > to be done? > > > > I bet there's some open source coders sitting in a bedroom trying to > > hack > > out a web browser who would kill to learn of such an opening. > > > > They have a previously good product to copy, they have a market who will > > accept any product that gets relatively near, and even accept bugs as > > they'll be more pissed at the previous company.... > > > > Sounds almost perfect :) > > > > Hell... design the product and put your design online under and open > > licence. Nothing in the ideals of open source that says only developers > > can create software. > > > > Users should be able to design the software requirements they want and > > put > > them out there waiting for a set of developers to be interested. The > > higher the quality of the reqs, the quicker the code mighthappen. > > > > Just an idea... > > > > Hen > > > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Bill Rising wrote: > > > >> On 9/18/02 14:19, Robert M. Klein wrote > >> > >>> Just for giggles, here?s an email I just received: > >>> > >>> Robert, > >>> > >>> We have discontinued support for our Mac product line. If you have > >>> at least > >>> one Windows PC in your office you can use Timeslips on that computer > >>> and > >>> continue to use the Macs for data entry via our Timeslips eCenter > >>> service. > >>> You can visit www.timeslipsecenter.com > >>> <http://www.timeslipsecenter.com> > >>> for more information on this service. I do not know of any other > >>> time and > >>> billing software packages for the Mac. Please let me know if you > >>> have any > >>> other questions. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> John Perry > >>> Timeslips Sales Consultant > >>> > >>> I don?t have the thread in the group from a few months ago about time > >>> and > >>> billing programs for the Mac; it is essential that it be able to do > >>> the same > >>> tasks and import all of my Timeslips data (11 years worth!). Any > >>> suggestions? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Robert > >>> > >> > >> You should tell them that if there are no other packages, they could > >> have > >> a monopoly. > >> > >> Anyways, I checked out timeslips last fall and found it way more > >> complex > >> than any of the other timekeeping apps I'd ever used on the Mac, which > >> are: > >> > >> Multitimer Pro > >> TimeSlice > >> Project Timer > >> Time Track X > >> > >> I don't know the state of Linux time-tracking software, but perhaps > >> there > >> is something out there that could be ported to Mac OS X. > >> > >> Bill > >> > >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September > >> 24 > >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > >> > >> > > > > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 > > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > > > > > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
