How about access to the knowledgebase for us in-house developers?
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From: "Charles Barouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:47 AM
Subject: [U2] The Next Big Thing
All,
This will be posted to teh Website to make it
findable in the future, but I wanted to psot it o the list for immediate
feedback. At the IOD conference, the U2UG board promoted an idea to IBM:
given that we need to grow the community, give us what we need to help
that happen.
We offered a specific plan, which has since
been tweaked based on board feedback to IBM's feedback. Below (and soon on
the site) is the current iteration of the proposal. We need to finalize it
in a hurry, because IBM, Red Hat, and Novell have all expressed strong
interest in helping to make this happen.
Please read and
give detailed (positive and negative) feedback ASAP.
U2
Incubator Proposal
==================
The Goal: Create a single
download (also distributable as a DVD) which can be provided to colleges,
businesses, and other interested parties.
We
want to see kids leaving college with a background in multi-value. We want
to see DB2, Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, and MS Access Developers looking at U2
as an adjunct technology: something they can use cooperatively along side
what they already know.
The U2UG has requested that IBM make
the following official policy, both internally, and as a statement to the
distribution channel:
All companies and individuals whom are
new to U2, especially those who are coming to the environment due to the
above mentioned incubator software package, should be directed to the U2UG
for help in getting up to speed.
The U2UG is requesting
permission from IBM to build and distribute a new all-in-one installer for
UniVerse and one for UniData with the following characteristics:
1 - Everything is PE. It will include SB+ PE and other
complimentary IBM offerings.
2 - Everything is
pre-installed (using a virtual machine image and/or the install is
drastically simplified so that one install setup up everything). The
person installing the software should be required to set no settings. It
should would as installed.
3 - The browser on the virtual
machine will be pre-bookmarked with U2UG and IBM pages needed to get a new
developer started. In a non-virtual install, the bookmarks should be
included as a single page filled with bookmarks.
4 - The
‘knowledge pack’ as specified below is preinstalled. This pack
will also be available separately.
A. U2UG code representing
best practices.
B. All
manuals, with the pdfs renamed to match the titles, not the IBM part
#s.
C. All information
necessary for the resale of the commercial versions of the PE software
will be included. Links to updated information will also be provided.
The U2UG and others will be allowed to distribute these
all-in-one installs via the web and via DVD or other portable media.
It is time for us to stop simply selling existing
multi-value developers on the value of switching to the U2 platforms, we
need to reach out to new community members.
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Charles
Barouch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Consulting
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -
ETL/Migration/Integration
(718) 762-3884x1
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