I’m way outside my area of knowledge, but is there anything stopping the OFBiz community from getting an ASF Azure box and trying to prototype something?
-Alex On 1/14/15, 10:46 AM, "Pierre Smits" <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: >You are correct. And I am aware that budgets are limitied. But I don't >what >the budget will be nor decide where the money of the ASF flows. I can only >ask for some of it regarding a project. And even then, I won't consider >doing so for something that could be perceived as a pet project of Pierre >Smits. If ASF offices do want an OFBiz implementation to work with, maybe >they should go ahead and involve both INFRA and the OFBiz community. > >I understand the concerns. I myself have them as well when dealing with >volunteer organisations. But - and apparently - the ASF has this solved >regarding the INFRA office. The same could be worked out for the other >solutions and/or services it needs to have in place. > >You just need to ask the right questions to the right people. > >Best regards, > >Pierre Smits > >*ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* >Services & Solutions for Cloud- >Based Manufacturing, Professional >Services and Retail & Trade >http://www.orrtiz.com > >On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < >ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Maintaining servers costs money. Money has to come from somewhere and >>has >> to be budgeted. We can't just drop a new demand on infra without >>discussing >> it with them and ensuring they have the capacity. >> >> In terms of maintenance of the result Im thinking who makes the changes >>we >> need as requirements change over time? Somebody needs to be responsible >>for >> that and we need to be sure it is sustainable. The easier it is to >>maintain >> the easier it is to find someone willing to do it. >> >> As for my suggestion for OfBiz to be applied to operational area of the >> foundation I said "currently unstructured" that is the information is in >> ad-hoc spreadsheets and mailing lists. OfBiz is, as far as I'm aware, >> designed for the kinds of functions I listed. >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> >>
