From: Nigel H. <nj...@ba...> - 2005-09-09 09:35:35
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> > jason corcoran wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 09:41:14AM +0100, Nigel Horne wrote: > > > > > >>Before the design stage, I would suggest that you decide on your > > "usp", > > >>which is business jargon for "unique selling point". Once that's > > decided > > >>upon, move to the design phase. > > >> > > >>-Nigel > > > > > > > > > > > >>From Pandis last mail, our usp should be - ease of use and security > > > > > We'll need to fluff this out though :) > > > > By ease of use, do you mean ease of configuration/installation? > > By security, do you mean that you are going to ensure an > > unknowledgable > > sys-admin? > > > > > Jason. > > > > -Nigel > > > > Well, we can't do that. Easy of use, easy of > configuration/installation. Configuration can be simple, but not > simplistic. You need to be sure of your target audience. It looks as though you expect some level of knowledge, but not to guru status. Is that right? > In other words, we can have a scalable and configurable > server, but configuration shouldn't neccessarily happen by editing > files. We could have a very cute graphical interface for that, to make > things much easier for administrators. Or you could consider writing a webmin plugin. > > Don't know, this is just a suggestion. But don't you feel that we > should not aim for yet-another-unix-webserver? If you don't like this > idea, or have a better one, say so - everything is under discussion! Personally the project needs to do all it can to avoid that. So that is why I am prompting discussion. > Pandis -Nigel |