Re: What's up?
Hi Chris,
I've been lurking here to see what's going on. I like what you've done with
InfoCentral. I have been looking for awhile for such a program that is built on
free tools. Is there anyway it can be included on the liveCD so that nonprofits
get an idea of how it works? or I suppose they could use the online demo. I
recently found out that there seems to be a java/firebird donations solution:
http://visibleresults.sourceforge.net but, as you say, there are licensing problems.
I have also been lurking around on the ebase developers list. The developers are
looking into similar questions about being database agnostic as they move their
popular donations and member tracking software from FilemakerPro:
http://ebaseenterprise.sourceforge.net/ I they have considered Drupal, OpenACS,
Plone, PHP-Nuke, and EZ Publish. It's not the same as a church donations/member
program but I think there is quite a bit of overlap. Thanks for the good work!
--
Herb van den Dool
Quoting Chris <dev@openserve.org>:
> On Tuesday 03 February 2004 01:50 pm, Darryl Caldwell wrote:
> > The list has been fairly quiet. What have you all been doing to further
> > awareness of Free Software to the NGO/NFP masses?
>
> Work on my project, InfoCentral, is still progressing. It has been a little
>
> slow over the last few months, but I expect faster progress in the near
> future. I have decided to overhaul the code to use the GNU Enterprise
> application server instead of talking directly to the database backend.
> Java/J2EE was also considered but ruled out due to the learning curve /
> administrative overhead / problematic Sun licensing. I would describe GNUe
> as a "KISS" alternative to J2EE. (not to mention completely Free) It should
>
> be noted that GNUe is largely stagnant right now and needs some development
> help before it can become truly useful. I'm currently investigating their
> code closer and learning Python in preparation to help out.
>
> > On my end, the Calendula fundraising system moves forward. I've been
> > networking with some folks to fine tune the REQs and have rethought
> > through my initial design plans. I will have a PNG of the system
> > workflow up for public consumption soon.
>
> If you have not already, I strongly encourage you to consider the "enterprise
>
> application server" route. 2-tier monolithic web apps written in
> PHP/Perl/etc. are a dead end when it comes to business-type software. Don't
>
> make the same mistake that I did. ): btw, one of the great things about
> GNUe is that it provides a means for many "business apps" to be written and
> integrated around the same model. So, for instance, I won't have to write
> accounting features for InfoCentral because that's somebody else's GNUe
> project / component. Similarly, you could write Calendula as a GNUe
> fundraising sub-project rather than a standalone piece of software that is
> far more difficult to integrate.
>
> Chris Gebhardt
> InfoCentral project leader
> www.infocentral.org
>
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