Re: [OSCOM] OSCOM participating at Google Summer of Code, e.g. OSR-101

Yes, I agree with you. I won't be here otherwise. You mean Free Software 
/ Open-Source. It removes some of indentured servitudes by corporations 
but we still need capital.

What I am questioning is something more pragmatic. Something in the line 
of how OSCOM is perceived.

OSCOM has been great funnelling desires and wishes of members. But when 
I think about OSCOM, the image in my head is bit blurry.

In the beginning, lots of people wanted to compare notes and systems. 
What now? What is the message?

I think Kupu  would be a launch pad.


Derly Tijerina wrote:

> There's more to Open Source than technology and political panache.
>  
> In the deepest sense, Open Source is an economic and social 
> revolution.  It removes capital (money from VCs, for example) off the 
> top of the pyramid of the organization.  Ideas and people who are 
> willing to contribute become the guiding forces.  "Trust" replaces 
> "employment" as a reason to do one thing vs. another.
>  
> When a group of people (OSCOM participants) interact enough to build 
> something truly valuable, then the accrual of capital as a shared 
> resource becomes more interesting.  It also creates factions (interest 
> groups) within the larger group.  Now you need a structure.
>  
> My suggestion is to fund projects, not the organization.  Allocate 
> funds on a quarterly basis and make funding (capital) available to 
> projects that work.
>  
> I offer this as free advice (with a money back guarantee) from a 
> philosopher and student of human nature.  Your techology is new, 
> community social structures are not.
>  
> Derly for Derly
>  
>
>
> */Michael Wechner <[email protected]>/* wrote:
>
>     Chalu Kim wrote:
>
>     > Michael Wechner wrote:
>     >
>     >> Chalu Kim wrote:
>     >>
>     >>>
>     >>> Or we could talk about best practices or standards and tools
>     such as
>     >>> KUPU, JSR and even AJAX. What kinds of projects OSCOM would have
>     >>> recommended? Something in the inter-operability or standards?
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> yes: Kupu, BXE, JSR-170, OSR-101/AJAX
>     >>
>     >> Michi
>     >
>     >
>     > There you have it.
>     >
>     > Instead of focusing on "the package" or CMS matrix
>     >
>     > The matrix is getting old. I hope you get my meaning.
>
>
>     yes, I understand, but things are not changing that quickly as
>     they might
>     appear to change. Some people have not even heard of Open Source
>     Content
>     Management.
>
>     >
>     > Should you make OSCOM "software" or approved entities or certified
>     > entities in the interest of;
>     >
>     > 1. interoperability - application level?
>     > 2. interoperable content format
>     > 3. tools
>
>
>     all of them
>
>     >
>     > inkscape is like an illustrator. they got funding. what are you
>     doing
>     > wrong?
>
>
>     why are we doing anything wrong? Why should we receive funding?
>     Has anyone
>     actually tried to get funding?
>
>     >
>     > Perhaps, OSCOM is viewed as a political body?
>
>
>     it certainly is, because it's not really neutral, because it's
>     focusing
>     on Open Source and Open Source is a "political" issue still, whereas
>     that might
>     change in the future, but not for now
>
>     >
>     > I am just questioning.
>
>
>     no problem
>
>     Michi
>
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
>     -- 
>     Michael Wechner
>     Wyona Inc. - Open Source Content Management - Apache Lenya
>     http://www.wyona.com http://lenya.apache.org
>     [email protected] [email protected]
>
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