I agree that there does not appear *to us* to be a non-hosted solution.
But *to them*, the participants, I believe there is a scenario that
would work.
You have to remember that the participants have not been able to
identify a systems administrator willing to manage a hosted solution.
Thus the logical solution is that a non-hosted solution of the sort
you mention *must* succeed, OR that they *must* become engaged enough
to provide an administrator.
QED.
Remember we're dealing with both cultural and generational issues here
that you and I are unqualified to judge, thus unqualified to foist our
solution upon.
-- Owen
On Nov 23, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote:
And I'd also like to sail the sea in a sieve because it's cheap.
FB, TW, BS, PBW, etc are froth on that sea. (But perhaps here is
the big picture: Non Sequitur.) Just look at the deteriorating
signal to noise ratio.
Serious needs require serious solutions not mash-ups (which are
fragile) but a match-up of real organization needs with real
functionality.
There. I said it. Now, someone prove me wrong!
Robert C.
Owen Densmore wrote:
But let me be clear why I'm trying all this stuff. SFX has found
itself without administrators and with a hosting service that's
more difficult, but much more computer savvy, than facebook,
twitter, blogspot, pbwiki, ... Basically we have a user community
with contempt for computing and complexity both. (there are a few
exceptions, natch)
So several of us who alas are computer savvy, are starting to think
we should move sfx off a hosting service with its complexity onto
the pre-built, user oriented, non-hosted cloud. And to be fair,
there's a lot of good stuff that is starting to merge into
something that could replace Joyent/Wordpress with a mashup of
Blogspot, Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, Maps/Earth, Youtube,
Flickr, and so on.
I think we old timers have pushed the new generation non-tech folks
into a trap they'd prefer to skip. So I'd like to give them their
head for a bit and see how it goes. Become self-administered. No
joke, I'm for real here. Lose hosting, replace with the flower-
child web. I think they can pull it off.
And, no, I Won't Fix Their Computer! :)
-- Owen
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