On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Colin Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! > > Harisfazillah Jamel wrote: > > Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera > > > > Meeting last night AJK and supported by members that attending the > > meeting decided to revamp the website. > > > > http://www.osdc.my/ > > What, no more social network? I was just growing to like it > > > Our website should contain information about our OSDC.my and > > > > we need to make our website interactive and have the function that > > suitable for developers to visit and > > use it to discuss and share their projects and getting support from > > the community. > > Developers feel at home on mailing lists and IRC. Its _users_ who feel > the need that they need to have forums > > Sharing their projects. How will this be different from Freshmeat or > Sourceforge? If the sole aim is to be a "Malaysian forge", would a list > alone not be enough, on a page, rather than having it be something that > will not be very populated? > > Code can be hosted on the numerous services available - sourceforge, > google code, github, etc. You just need pointers (links). > > If you think there is a capability to grow, you're after a "list", > similar to what we have here: > http://forge.mysql.com/projects/project.php?id=341 > > But again, I don't see that as having much traction, per se > > Support from community - why not get it via the mailing list? > > > Suggestion like Forum, Wiki, Mailing List and more but we want to know > > view and suggestion from > > the others. > > So, the mailing list already exists. A social network exists. > > Why not extend the social network to include "projects" the person is > involved in? > > What will be the purpose of a wiki? Who will maintain the wiki software > (mediawiki is notorious to having software holes and needs updates quite > constantly).
jotting stuff that requires frequent modification .. such as during event planning .. etc .. you got the idea right ? .. > > Besides, project hosting sites, like google code, kenai, et al all offer > wikis > > HTH > -c > > -- > Colin Charles, http://bytebot.net/blog/ > "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, > then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi > > > -- Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail Amano Hikaru 天野晃 「あまの ひかる」 Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MohdIzharFirdaus http://blog.kagesenshi.org 92C2 B295 B40B B3DC 6866 5011 5BD2 584A 8A5D 7331 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Source-Developers-Club-Malaysia/80292283545 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
