From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Mar 24 11:14:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB23A1501C for ; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:14:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwilde1@thuntek.net) Received: from thuntek.net (abq-152.thuntek.net [207.66.52.152]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id MAA21600 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:14:12 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <36F93929.A88B20AE@thuntek.net> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:12:41 -0700 From: Donald Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: a call for s/w support Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm going to need to build a web-interfaced database for our advocacy work, and I'd like your help, suggestions and pointers to links to getting it done. I've built it before in Perl, but I'd like to do it in C++ because I want everything we do to be BSD-license-clean. PostgreSQL is my database of choice for the same reason. What we're going to need is a database interface for input and a calendar-output, for starters. My Perl code has input and table display, but I never did much record-locking beyond rudimentary lockouts, although that's probably good enough because we can queue input requests to an admin interface; that'll be close enough. In general, I'm going to need a lot of Web support from you all. I have been asked to find people to take "ownership" of sections of the advocacy pages on the FreeBSD.org and FreeBSDMall.com websites. We're going to be adding a lot of material: calendars, web forms for resource requests, project organizers, 'prototypes' for seminars and user group projects, selling points and marketing strategies for FreeBSD, and incentive opportunities for participation. We want this site to become a showcase for how FreeBSD can support a major logistics operation for businesses and non-profits alike. My philosophy is "code it once and let the computer do the work forever after!" TIA! -- Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message