From: Nigel H. <nj...@ba...> - 2005-09-10 13:10:35
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On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 14:02, Vassilis Pandis wrote: > --- Nigel Horne <nj...@ba...> wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > > Well, administration cannot happen without some knowledge. Of course we > could take matters to extremes and even provide a fancy wizard to > handle the configuration. Or, we could do both. A wizard for the > totally beginners and a more-advanced-but-still-easy-to-use tool (think > of KPPP's wizard for a new connection and the manual way of setting up > one). > > > > > 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. > > Indeed. Have you any experience with webmin ? Only as a user ;-) -Nigel |