[Catgen-developer] Catgen needs - Aug 4

[Marc B. <mbe...@ho...>]

First off, If you want to get off this list - it's your lucky day, since
starting next week all such announcements will go through
cat...@li....  Conversely, if you want to STAY on
this list, subscribe now to catgen-announce from catgen project home page
https://sourceforge.net/projects/catgen/

If you want me to call you next week, and I don't have your phone number -
also please send it to me now.  If you want update access to cvs - send me
your sourceforge userid.

We have an immediate need - I'm hoping someone has time to do this this
weekend.  We have a new web host, mmaweb.net, http://64.71.129.22, soon
www.catgen.com or www.catgen.org and I would like the main site to be
updated automatically from sourceforge repository once a day (catgen-server
repository) and the developer's section, which includes manuals, to be
updated every few hours (that catgen-developer repository).  It's a Solaris
system and cvs is not installed.  They say they will do it but we need it
now, so this job involves installing cvs and writing simple scripts to get
the files via anonymous cvs and copy them to web directory.  We don't have
access to crontab on this site, but if we get the scripts they'll set them
up in crontab for us.

If you are interested, send a range of IP addresses you'll be working from
and I'll get them to give you access.

Marc.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Beneteau" <mbe...@ho...>
To: "Benn Salter" <sa...@cr...>; "Kurt" <sif...@ya...>;
"Goran Cacic" <med...@zg...>; "Daniel J. Nickel"
<dn...@ro...>; "Brendan 11111111" <bre...@ho...>; "Paul
Milligan" <pau...@vi...>; "Matthew Dunn"
<mat...@to...>; "Shengfang Liao" <sf...@ya...>; "Jason
E. Campbell" <ca...@us...>; "Megan Garrison"
<me...@ar...>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: Catgen project status Aug 03/00 - resend


> I've had problems with my mailer - if any of you have already received
this,
> just ignore it.
> ________________________________
> Dear catgen project team,
>
> This is going to be a long one, as we have some things to catch-up on.
Bear
> with me.
>
> First administrative things.  If you have not sent me your sourceforge
> userid so I can add you to developer list, do so now.  Second, go to the
> catgen page on sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/catgen/ and
> subscribe to the mailing list catgen-announce, and if you wish,
> catgen-developer.  Third, if you don't know how to access sourceforge cvs
> repository through ssh, read instructions at
> http://b5000.com/developer/cvs.html and see if you can "cvs checkout
> cvstest".  Tonight, if I can, I will put both catgen and catgen-server, as
> they are, into cvs.  You will find instructions on setting up development
> environments for both products at the new (as yet very small) developer
> reference manual at http://b5000.com/developer/manual.
>
> Now the fun part.  I want to welcome to the team the following people:
>
> * Benn Salter is a programmer, support specialist and writer.  He has a
> degree in Philosophy (why so many philosophers end-up in computers? Does
> programming lead to deep thoughts, or vice versa?).  He joins us from
> Flagstaff, Arizona.  Benn has taken on the project of an automated system
> for contributors biographies (currently at
> http://b5000.com/biographies.html), partly as a learning exercise on Java,
> JSP and IOB.
>
> * Kurt Kincaid is a very highly experienced graphics and animation
designer
> and programmer, and a published writer. He lives in Springfield, Illinois
> and he has instructor certification in various martial arts.
>
> * Daniel Nickel, with 4 years of Java and 8 months of JSP is by far the
most
> experienced Java person of any of us (I call him Guru).  He built a JSP
SDK
> "from the ground-up" , has experience with EJB, Oracle, etc.  He lives in
> Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
>
> * Finally, last but not least is Goran Cacic from Croatia (Zagreb?).  He
has
> a BA in Economics and and MBA in marketing and runs a small (5 people)
> software shop specializing in medical software.  He is going to put
together
> a network of students from various Universities and will supervise them
> through in-house staff - a synergy, he says, that has led to great results
> in the past.
>
> I am absolutely thrilled (and a little shocked) to have people of this
> quality and experience, either putting in time for free or else  well
> beneath their market value.  I hope that you will all enjoy the
experience -
> that is the most important thing to me - and that you will let me know
what
> you need.
>
> Now some general project highlights and then specifics.  What we are
aiming
> to do is simply to put together the best software for individuals and
small
> producers worldwide to get web sites, put their products and services up
on
> the web, and tap into global e-commerce.  The software will be free, and
> will create web sites either on catgen.com site, on catgen affiliated
sites,
> or on any user site via ftp.  We will start marketing this with crafts
> producers and re-sellers, where we have of course strongest visibility,
and
> we are currently exploring a number of potential partnerships with other
> craft retailers and wholesalers.  We will complement catgen with whatever
> these partners have to offer in the way of global shipping, supply-chain
> management, etc. - we are trying to create as open a system as possible,
and
> want to make the point that open systems (including open software) are
> better than closed (currently few if any of the craft sites,  for
instance,
> publish phone numbers and addresses of suppliers).  Peoplink is in an
ideal
> position to lead this initiative - we have great prestige and visibility
and
> are also the only one of our possible partners qualified to represent and
> advocate for low-income craft producers.  This we intend to do.  We have
> also had contacts with Yahoo, AOL - they love what we're doing - it's
pretty
> amazing the kind of interest that Peoplink, with a full-time staff of only
3
> or 4, has been able to generate.
>
> Now, about the software: we have several IFAT (International Federation of
> Alternative Trade) conferences in mid-September where we want to show
> catgen, and we also have craft producers standing by eagerly waiting to
get
> their hands on this thing, so we MUST have something by early September -
> mid-September at the very latest.  The original prototype needs to be
> converted to IOB framework, the database redesigned and html templates
> modified.  I am also working on an installer (InstallAnywhere).  Vasian
has
> been doing fabulous work on the launcher (no DOS prompts for our users,
> please) and automatic software update function.  The database
> synchronization with host via rmi is mostly written, but it needs to be
> modified for new database structure.  the documentation is maybe 1/3 done.
> I hope the finalize the database, specs and html templates by the end of
> next week.  We also need various additional functions on catgen-server,
> including a product search form, wholesaler login, home pages for each
> producer, etc.
>
> Now, I need to figure out what role each of you can / wants to play... I
> will be in touch with each of you via telephone early next week and we'll
> discuss.  Send feedback to me directly or to the developer list
> mailto:cat...@li....  As soon as Benn finishes
> biographies.jsp, I will ask each of you to post a little information about
> yourselves.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc Beneteau
>
>
>