[ba-unrev-talk] Interpersonal Information Manager
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. (01)
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 (02)
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GAME PLAN
Envision the dream (03)
* 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 (04)
Build the product (05)
* 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 (06)
Gain adoption in the market (07)
* 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 (08)
Sustain the project (09)
* 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 (010)
Think long-term (011)
* 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. (012)
http://www.nexist.org/wiki/User0Blog (013)