Re: [ba-unrev-talk] Interpersonal Information Manager
Looks like great stuff, Jack. (01)
Personally I am captivated bt the line, "target the specific
requirements of individuals, groups, small-to-medium." (02)
Much of this does not require any coding at all; just some decent
organization and communication. Such as making the softwares in a Red
Hat distribution interoperable (e.g. permitting to copy/paste among
them without potential users spending a month reading manuals). That
would be a huge boon for Linux on the desktop. (03)
Henry (04)
Jack Park wrote: (05)
> Mitch Kapor is at it again!
> Read about it at
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/
> Dan Gillmor's blog.
>
> The project is found at http://www.osafoundation.org/, the Open Source
> Application Foundation, funded by Kapor. There is a lot of reason to
> suspect that this project might lay some groundwork for an OHS, given
> what follows, lifted from
> http://www.osafoundation.org/mission_statement.htm
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> GAME PLAN
> Envision the dream
>
> * carry forward the vision of Vannevar Bush, Doug Engelbart, and
> Ted Nelson of the computer as a medium for communication,
> collaboration, and coordination
> * design a new application to manage email, appointments,
> contacts, and tasks
> * share information easily with people at work, friends, and family
> * serve a broad base of users, from casual to technologically
> advanced
> * don't require a dedicated server or complex administration
> * offer choice of platforms and full interoperability amongst
> Windows, Macintosh, and Linux versions
> * leverage our resources by using an Open Source model of development
> * pay fanatical attention to the quality of the user experience
>
> Build the product
>
> * we have sufficient funding for the first release
> * we have assembled a world-class team of developers who are
> passionate about applications
> * we are talking to users to understand their needs
> * we are employing a modern architecture: XML, P2P networking,
> semantic database, cross-platform tool kit
> * we are building on Open Source components: Python, Jabber,
> wxWindows/wxPython, ZODB
>
> Gain adoption in the market
>
> * target the specific requirements of individuals, groups,
> small-to-medium enterprises, and members of multiple groups
> * provide simple migration paths from existing products for
> individuals and organizations
> * support access via the Web, PDA's and other portable devices, in
> addition to PC's
> * implement "killer features" and order of magnitude improvements
> in key capabilities
> * make source and object code publicly available at no charge
>
> Sustain the project
>
> * work with the Open Source community to extend and evolve the
> code base
> * encourage firms to offer complementary fee-based services,
> support, customization and consulting
> * license completely free for developers who redistribute their
> source code
> * fee-based license for proprietary developers who do not
> redistribute source code, the fees fund our core development
> * maintain our non-profit status to ensure all work contributed by
> the community benefits the community
>
> Think long-term
>
> * evolve the code base into an open, robust platform for
> high-quality, intelligent, distributed, cross-platform applications
> * tackle other productivity applications beginning with database
> management and word processing
> XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web.
> Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-74960-2.
>
> http://www.nexist.org/wiki/User0Blog
>
>
> (06)