G'day Ben, Positively EXCELLENT idea! Bravo.
At 00:03 25/07/02 -0400, you wrote: >Here's the parallel. Every day, I see people helping each other work out >problems with code that is being developed. This is a marvelous thing. It >doesn't exist many places outside of a team of employees or co-owners. When >we go to conferences, we get a cool CD with tons of useful code and >applications that we can freely model new projects on. We can take this a >step further. > >Here's what I have in mind. We should have a organization or web site, >un-connected from RBTI (only to emphasize that it isn't RBTI's self >promotion, but a real, active development community) that archives projects >(snippets, components, programs, whatever...) that can be used under some >type of Open Source schema. Some of these projects have already been >distributed through the listserv, but more will start to flood the gates as >the migration to the magical RB 7.0 begins in a few months. There are >several models for project ownership that exist in a variety of arenas, but >for this discussion, let's just say that this org/site will maintain the >projects as requested by the project owners. Very simple, as far as it's >purpose. > >Why would we want to do this? > >We all want RBTI to make a killing on the magical 7.0. Of that I am sure. >We all feel that the price paid for the tools and licenses are fair and that >Razzak's team has performed beyond our expectations to be where they are. >Being able to show the world the "virility" of the environment through a >grass roots initiative could make a difference to new developers. It would >certainly astonish all the people I run into who ask me if R:Base is still >around when I wear my RBTI gear proudly in public. It also would be a good >starting place for people designing their first complicated projects to get >top quality components to create the best applications possible in the >shortest period of time. > >I was once asked what I thought would help RBTI succeed most effectively >without flatly giving it a donation. My answer was and still is: Promote >R:Base development by new developers by showing them what can be done and >giving them components to get started and models to work from that are easy >to access. Then give them the ability to contribute to and receive >recognition from the from the same community that made them successful. > >What do you all think? Warmest regards, Tom Grimshaw coy: Just For You Software tel: 612 9552 3311 fax: 612 9566 2164 mobile: 0414 675 903 post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.just4usoftware.com.au "... the control of impulse -- is the first principle of civilization."-- Will Durant, Pulitzer Prize winning philosopher, writer and historian the most needed product in the world can be found at www.thewaytohappiness.org This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
