On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Filippo Fadda wrote: > Someone told me to not argue with you and I don't. :-) > > People making such comment to you are stupid and are just perverting any real discussion by commenting in the hidden. I am only considering and trusting people acting in the open .
Anyway I'm not saying OSQA doesn't fit the CouchDB community needs, I'm > just saying OSQA can't be compared with StackOverflow in term of > functionalities. StackOverflow is a complex software system with versioning > management, moderation based on votes, synonyms, it uses extensively > ElasticSearch, it provides a way to query its data. > OSQA is just a simple clone with basic functionalities that doesn't scale, > made for personal use or minor communities. Different things for different > jobs. But if you don't trust, like or simply you don't want use an external > service like StackOverflow, OSQA can be an option. Just remember that the > project is not active anymore, and there is a cost related its > administration. This also what they are sayiing on their website. I am not which scale we really need but the admin cost is really smth w should take in consideration. - benoit > > -Filippo > > On Oct 30, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Benoit Chesneau wrote: > > Good news the goal is not to replace SO (though the software isn't really > > that complex, the difficulty is more to achieved the critical mass of > users > > to start a business model. anyway that'sanother topic ...). > > > > My goal is to have a website managed by the Apache CouchDB project where > > the neutrality, privacy and independence is guaranteed. Having a system > we > > can host where all the content is under the apache license would make > sure > > it is. I don't want to force anyone interested to go on a private owned > > website whose the business mode is still to come, provide his login or > > having to read some advertising just to find answers. > > > > Another goal for me is to create a knowledge base owned and controlled by > > the project under a license compatible with the project. The CC-BY-SA > will > > require a lot of work on the long term to even include a response in our > > doc (asking for the author agreement etc...) . Having such a knowledge > base > > that can be included anywhere without much effort is a goal that worth > the > > effort imo. > > > > That's the goal I would like to achieve. I am not saying this tool is OK. > > maybe we need something better. I would have time I would make something > > working with the ml, jira and eventually replicable, but for the next 2 > > months I have not such time. But would be happy to support such project > or > > anything that could be adapted to it. > > > > - benoit > >
