Ubuntu entrepreneurs list-help

[Tony Yarusso]

On Jan 25, 2008 8:52 PM, Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:

> Hi Patrick:
>
> I don't have experiences with Mailman.
>
> It might be good to go into the open sources arena, so we get some input
> from other Linux and ? OS areas, on using OS or Linux for business.
>
> Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick <optomatic at rogers.com>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu entrepreneurs list-help
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:38:42 -0500
>
> Hi Everyone
>
> I am trying to put the pieces together for our entrepreneurs list. It
> looks like Mailman is a solid mailing list manager. Does anyone have
> experience setting this up on shared hosting?
>
> I was also thinking about the name. There really is no reason to use
> Ubuntu and we might step on other peoples toes with it. How is :
>
> Open source Entrepreneurs A.K.A open-entrepreneurs at code-read.org
>
> or a shorter version
>
> Open source Entrepreneurs A.K.A open-neurs at code-read.org
>
>
> I was also thinking that there is no reason this has to be a Canadian
> only list. Although there will be variations in the laws in different
> countries a general framework will still apply and we all face the same
> sort of challenges.
>
> Perhaps some of the Linux media would help to promote this too, I.E
> Slashdot, Linux-action-show etc. If it does not cost too much I could
> also put an ad on sourceforge.
>
> I would love some feedback on this-Patrick
>
>
>
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Hey guys, not sure if you're interested, but I thought I'd mention this.  A
little while back I was looking around online for a particular sort of web
site, and discovered that oddly enough it didn't exist.  So, I thought it
would be worth looking into making it myself.  I have been extremely busy
lately, so "just for fun" projects like that have been progressing very
slowly, but I do still have hopes of pulling it together in the medium-term
future, and it sounds like there would be some overlap with what you are
doing.  Here's what I envision:

The site will revolve around the theme of deploying open source and open
standards in all types of situations, including business, personal,
educational, and governmental.  The idea is that anyone who uses Ubuntu on
their workstations in a corporate setting, XMPP for conversations in an
educational environment, WordPress for their personal blog, or OpenDocument
for government records could create a section specific to each particular
technology they are using and post a description of how they're using it,
why it was chosen, any tips they have for others wanting to deploy in a
similar setting, etc., with those also being linked back to a
user/organization profile so you can see what various folks are using.
There would be forums for discussion within topics, and an overall site
organization browseable both my environment and by
software/standard/technology.  The aim would be threefold, 1) for people to
tell what they have done successfully, 2) for people to interact and discuss
how to deploy things, or how to use them more efficiently, and 3) for people
considering deploying open solutions, or proposing such a deployment to
their superiors, to go to learn about the pros and cons of different things
and evaluate what would be best suited for them.

Since your group focuses on small businesses taking advantage of open source
software to fill their business needs, I thought I'd offer this as something
you may be interested in getting involved in, as I try to find the time to
actually bring the site into reality.  Additionally, the hosting that the
site is on supports Mailman, and I'm reasonably confident that I could
figure out how to set it up, and if all goes well, there may be the
possibility of integrating a mailing list with forum functionality as well
so the discussion could be accessed by e-mail or web interface (I'm thinking
big here - I know it's possible but don't know how to do it, yet).

The domain in question is deployopensource.com.  If you are interested in
finding out more about the future web site, having me host your mailing list
instead, or have any other questions, let me know.  Progress on the site
should pick up significantly in June, when some of my larger current time
committments end.

-- 
Tony Yarusso
http://tonyyarusso.com/
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