[TriLUG] open source god

[Jim Ray]

I was kinda hoping for devine intervention set-and-forget software that never needs help just like Windows :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Hartsock
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:02 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] open source god

I'm sure they would prefer you to view it as the difference between RHEL and Fedora. In the last few years they appear to have adopted RedHat's model.

There are many selection criteria for you I'm certain. For example, who in the area will you be getting help from? What do they know about? What can they help you with?

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:
> Interesting. Thanks for the feedback. "Commercial" to me implies money exchanging hands. Their free version appears to be beta software which I had really rather not use.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On 
> Behalf Of Shawn Hartsock
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:01 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] open source god
>
> It turns out http://www.liferay.com/ was a project started with nearly 
> the same charter. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liferay#History
> the Liferay logo is even designed to bring to mind a stained glass 
> window.
>
> Profiles of Liferay supporters and contributors such as this one:
> http://www.liferay.com/web/josh/profile ... show that the product's 
> focus is still very much in the non-profit sector. In fact I sought to 
> have a Liferay product customized for commercial use and ran into a 
> road block... we were a for *profit* organization and the Liferay 
> company seems to prefer working with non-profits.
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:
>> I want to start an internet based church to promote threaded 
>> discussions on all the different flavors of god. I've met too many 
>> folks with too many colors of skin with too many different countries 
>> of origin with too many different religions and too many different 
>> names for god that I really, really, really believe we're all talking 
>> about the same thing using different words. Promoting an 
>> understanding and open discussion is what my religion has called me to do.
>>
>> Are there any canned open source applications for starting the First 
>> Church of the Internet (or whatever the name will be that won't 
>> exclude anyone from any religion or no religion at all) that will 
>> mimic things like Facebook and MySpace?
>>
>> I'm thinking Wiki and keep it simple so Dreamhost one click install 
>> will start the church with no money, no tithe, no salary for preacher 
>> and no registration fee.
>>
>> It would be great to stream videos from small rural churches that 
>> might not have the budgets of the larger churches and give them a 
>> forum to share. I am currently working with one church now so they 
>> can post a link to their web-based Video over IP camera, and folks on 
>> the Wiki (or whatever is appropriate) may take part in their service 
>> without physically being present.
>>
>> Comments on open source solutions most welcome.
>>
>> With God as my witness I am
>>
>> Jim
>> --
>> TriLUG mailing list        : 
>> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
>> TriLUG FAQ  : http://www.trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions
>>
>
>
>
> --
> /** Shawn.Hartsock http://hartsock.blogspot.com/  //*/
> --
> TriLUG mailing list        : 
> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG FAQ  : http://www.trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions
> --
> TriLUG mailing list        : 
> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG FAQ  : http://www.trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions
>



--
/** Shawn.Hartsock http://hartsock.blogspot.com/  //*/
--
TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
TriLUG FAQ  : http://www.trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions