Re: Open Discussion: The Future of Xaraya

There is an incredibly large potential user-base out there, wasting 
their time with systems that yet aspire to the degree of sophistication 
we have just in our 1X releases.

At one time, there was a broad enough community for PostNuke to cause 
major technical book publishers to approach it's lead developers in 
hopes of getting guides written to help further propagate use of the system.

We left all that behind in our pursuit of a more sophisticated system 
than was feasible under the heavy burden of such a dedicated user-base. 
We spent the last few years rewriting the rule-book on what can be done 
with a "CMS".

The user-base is still our there, floating around between the few 
remaining open source systems still kicking and the trap of proprietary 
systems that lies in wait for them.

I would see a Developers Crusade to recapture that user-base and become 
the shining light in the darkness of online business.

I would like to help foster other personalities in the dev community 
that wish to get up on the soapbox and help evangelize the system (Xaraya).

The potential locked inside Xaraya is continually underestimated, even 
by it's most experienced core developers. The same is true of online 
business in general; business owners remain ignorant of the most 
powerful tools available to them for a variety of reasons.

What I see as my most important goal is to spread awareness of Xaraya as 
a tool that can revolutionize how business is run, not just as the 
application powering another online business card or brochure site 
trying to pass itself off as a viable online presence.

Xaraya is not an elite ninja training academy hidden in the mountains, 
but the degree to which it lacks a real online presence of it's own make 
it of little difference.

Some of us depend on Xaraya as our means of livelihood. The focus needs 
to be on further enabling that ability so that others can see the 
potential to do the same.

In order for them to see that, we need to get out there and "represent". 
I aim to be the one representing.

-St.Ego


Robert Town wrote:
> Before I get to the meat of this message lets state the rules:
> 
> 1. No Flaming
> 2. No Finger Pointing
> 3. No games
> 
> I call all past PMC members, founders, lead developers to talk openly 
> about what you want to see happen with our beloved Xaraya Project. 
> Please keep things pleasant, all are welcome to their opinions, but no 
> flaming or finger pointing.
> 
> Your thoughts are welcome, history of the project is welcome, but let's 
> not play the blame game, it's time for the past to be that, the past and 
> we move forward, no more personal agendas, no more games.
> 
> If there is interest we could carry this conversation on the forums 
> instead of here, but as we all know the mailing list is currently the 
> favored place to post. I am posting this in the devel list because I 
> think these thoughts will help shape the overall future  of Xaraya.
> 
> Thank you,
> Robert Town aka Godboko