Very nice update, good to have some more accessible info on Jd. I do have a comment about the donation though. Myself, I would surely consider donating, as I really enjoy J and it's little ecosystem. But I imagine there are a lot of people reluctant to donate to an organization which does not give any information about itself. And a more visible "Donate" button is not going to solve this issue. Some questions that might be useful to answer to convince people to donate:
- Who are the people behind Jsoftware? - What's the organization's history? - What do donations go to concretely (infrastructure, developer cost, serving cost, development of new features, ...)? Especially because Jsoftware does not seem to be a non-profit organization, clarity on this part would be highly appreciated. - Who are representative customers of jsoftware (of course with consent)? - What's the roadmap for the future? - Does jsoftware have a mission? Values? A nice example I ran into is https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en . Of course, Jsoftware is not such a big organization ( is it?) and not as widely known, but it's a very nice example which lists most of the answers on the above list. Another thing I saw elsewhere is a "hall of fame" for donators like here: http://winscp.net/eng/donate.php . Maybe some companies / people would like some advertisement in change for a donation? Just my two cents Best regards, Jan-Pieter 2015-05-12 0:56 GMT+02:00 Eric Iverson <[email protected]>: > J home and help pages have been updated to include Jd (J database). > > Please take a look (you may need refresh to see new versions). > > Docs for the latest Jd release are now at the web site. > > Web searches for just J are problematic and other phrases have been > used inconsistently. We'd like to encourage the use of the following > terms for all things J: > J language > J database > Jsoftware > in context use abbreviations J and Jd > > We think it might be better to consistently use J language (rather > than J programming or J programming language). > > A new Jd release was just announced in the database forum. > > Also note the ever so slightly more visible DONATE. Now would be a good > time! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
