I am still following you on this and I still believe it is a good idea. (Remember Beagle Brothers Software? The owners were not programmers, when he and his wife started the company, just someone that wanted the AppleWorks of that time to do a particular task. They did it very well.)
On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 05:16 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > I meant more, having a non-developer managing an open source project > as a > domain-expert/customer, and having them forcibly going out to interest > developers. > > Seems to happen rarely in open source. It's why the best open source > projects are ones that do something the developer wanted [ie they were > the > domian-expert]. Referred to as scratching your own itch. > > Hen > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Jerry Yeager wrote: > >> No major reasons why it should not work, some of the most intense >> effort >> at the moment (if you look at the on-going projects) is getting >> Open-Source versions of commercial software, the two things can live >> side-by-side as Adobe's PhotoShop and The Gimp have done. >> >> Jerry >> >> On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 04:54 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: >> >>> >>> 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>. >>> >>> >> >> >> 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>.
