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New Project

I've had a few developers contact me about helping with my open source project.  I'm still looking for a couple more, so if you have some spare time on your hands and want to jump in please email me.

The project is a multi tiered training and certification tracking program.  Basically, there are a ton of non-profit orgs (fire stations, schools, etc) that need to keep track of all the training and certifications their members/volunteers have.  (CPR certification for one, there are tons of examples).

My goal in this “experiment” is to get some developers together, build a solid database structure, build a database independent data layer, build a business objects/collections layer, and then put together an asp.net front end in one build and a winforms front end in another build.

The language used will be C#.  The product will be made available for free download with source code included.  The only caveat in the license is the code is only to be used internally/not for resale/redistribution.  My company will also host the asp.net version of the application at cost for not for profit organizations that don't have the IT-Savvy to run it on their own.  The team of developers who assist me with the project will get the first shot at any customization contracts that any downloaders request.  Customizations are billed at an hourly rate.

So if you're interested in helping with something like this, let me know!


Posted Tue, Sep 7 2004 9:50 AM by Eric Wise

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Ashwin Murali.T(ashwin.murali@gmail.com) wrote re: New Project
on Tue, Sep 7 2004 6:00 AM
Hi there!!! I would love to help u in the project. The idea seems really nice and interesting. I'm in india though. and am still in the very basics of .net and c#. I would love to help u and make this a really nice learning experience for myself.

Hope to make it into ur team...

Ashwin Murali.
Catch me up anytime @ ashwin.murali@gmail.com
Peter Jausovec wrote re: New Project
on Tue, Sep 7 2004 6:28 AM
Hi ! Count me in on this project if you have more room :)

peter [at] jausovec [dot] net
Mark Bonafe wrote re: New Project
on Tue, Sep 7 2004 7:19 AM
Great idea, Eric (you seem to have lot's of them). I believe I can help with this one. Do you need an experience list, code examples, etc.?
Eric Wise wrote RE: New Project
on Tue, Sep 7 2004 7:41 AM
Nah, I'm not requiring much in the way of experience/code samples/etc.

So far I have a pretty good mix of experienced developers and some newbie/student developers. I figure those who can't commit or lose interest will weed themselves out so I want to take in 10ish developers so that if some people get busy in real life it doesn't halt the project.

I have ~6 developers now, so that means at the time of this posting I'm willing to take on just a few more. I may reopen this over time if the need arises.

This is an interesting experiment I think. Can a team of developers in vastly different cultures and regions put out a quality OSS product? We'll find out!
Eric Wise wrote re: New Project
on Tue, Sep 7 2004 8:56 AM
Mark-

Email me some valid contact information and I'll get you set up with the lowdown. I tried to contact you through your weblog and the email delivery failed.
Mark Bonafe wrote re: New Project
on Tue, Sep 7 2004 9:46 AM
Easier said than done! So.... mark.bonafe@gmail.com
Eric Wise wrote Launching an Open Source Project- Part 1 (Intro)
on Wed, Sep 8 2004 7:46 AM
Launching an Open Source Project- Part 1 (Intro)
john qin wrote re: New Project
on Wed, Sep 8 2004 7:52 AM
hi , this is john. currrently i work for philly gas works as .net developer. i m interested in your new prj.

my contact info:

john.qin@gmail.com
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