[Usap-devel] RE: Company and BN Personnel Database

[Holmes, J. W. 1. <ho...@go...>]

Yes, to do this correctly, it would really have to be someone's job that can
travel around and get people to test it and provide improvements. 

You see so much open-source collaboration to make all kinds of programs,
though. I don't see why we can't do something like that from within the
Army. 

I guess I'm a dreamer. :)

v/r

John W. Holmes
1LT, SC
Commanding
HHC, 15th Sig Bde
COM: (706) 791-2894
DSN: 780-2894

-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Anthony E. Greene, "CIO/G6/IIT [mailto:ant...@us...]
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:44 AM
To: 1LT John Holmes
Cc: usa...@li...
Subject: Re: Company and BN Personnel Database

On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 22:22, Holmes, John W. 1LT wrote:
>
> This is the type of program I'd like to see some collaboration on...

Good luck. This kind of effort is institutionally difficult in the Army.
You need commitment from folks at the company and battalion level who
will be using the system. These are the same people who have the least
time and skill to devote to development.

It's even difficult to get started without a commander telling someone
to do it. If you could reach the developers directly, you might get
enough participation to make progress. But how can you reach them?

--
Anthony E. Greene <mailto:ant...@us...>
Support Engineer/Data Analyst, Army Spectrum Management Office
Phone: CML +1-703-325-8207    DSN 221-8207    FAX 4138