I must add to this that, in the words of Stephen Jay Gould, those who
invoke Darwin must study evolution. The idea of an Open Source hosting
environment in Australia that is essentially free of charge does not go
against any concepts in evolution that I am aware of. Those who evolve
would like to believe that evolution is survival of the fittest rather
than survival of the lucky, but I fear that "accidents of birth" play an
enormous role.
John Gage
Alvin Marcelo wrote:
>
> > So my suggestion is stay virtual for the projects that can survive on their
> > own steam but provide an index (we can continue using the one at
> > http://www.openhealth.com. Projects can post their links and an abstract to
> > the site.
>
> Joseph,
>
> I agree with you in principle but it's the .com that seems to be against
> the grain of OSS. It might work against the
> idea. I know it's trivial but that's how I feel. A .org or .net would be
> better (if we can have it).
>
> Two, aside from a central index, we may also need a standard format for
> presentation of the specifics of a project so a potential user can, in a
> glance, determine the basic machinery of the project. An example of this
> would be (please feel free to add/delete/modify):
>
> Title: Project_title
> Hardware: PC, Mac
> OS: Linux
> Client: any OS running Netscape 3.x or higher, IE 3.x or higher, RealAudio
> plug-in
> Server: Apache, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL
> Info Model: GEHR
> Dbase: Relational
> Environment: Three MD primary practice
> Covers: Registration, Medication, Diagnosis, Procedures, etc
>
> If this info can be on the index site, so much the better.
>
> alvin
