on 7/19/01 5:40 PM, "Raymond Barglow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Jason (with cc to team),
>
> It's been nearly 3 weeks since we last communicated. I'm including one email
> message as a reminder.
>
> We've made progress slowly but steadily. We have a server -- Dell PowerEdge
> 2200, with 128 MB main memory (we realized that is paltry), and sufficient
> disk memory. We can update the server to perhaps 512 MB main memory, or
> purchase a more powerful and newer server, if that makes more sense.
Server is probably fine...more memory is always good and it is cheap right
now...
> On the server, I've installed Linux 6.0 (Hedwig) and Oracle 8i.
If you are a non-profit, then why are you using Oracle?
Go get MySQL or Postgres. Free and will more than do the job.
> I've also
> implemented remote access to the server via telnet.
Telnet is a terrible protocol. Very insecure as nothing is
encrypted...including your passwords. You should be using ssh.
www.openssh.org
> Our skills/availability situation is: we are 4 volunteers, with considerable
> programming/database experience, but almost no Oracle/Java experience,
> although i am willing to learn. i do know C, and it looks like i will be the
> main person in doing the site development, until we get some grant money and
> can afford to hire some more skilled folks.
C won't help you here.
> In terms of specifications, we have drawn up a very basic ER diagram. (I
> don't have it, but will try to have it sent to you.) At the foundation, we
> will have a worker table, a homeowner table, and a contract table that holds
> assignments arranged by members of the first two tables. That i think is where
> we should begin.
Kewl
> Given the nature of our project and of ourselves, is turbine a sensible place
> for us to get underway? Our sense is that it is. i've scouted about a bit and
> found an "Oracle 8i Howto" page at the turbine jakarta project:
>
> http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/howto/oracle-howto.html
Dump oracle.
>>> Raymond Barglow
>>> Berkeley, CA
>>> 510-486-1050
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yea Berkeley! :-)
-jon
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