Hi Mike, Good to hear your generally positive feedback on the potential of ODS. We certainly do look forward to obtaining access to the documentation you ae producing which I am sure will prove very useful for both internal and external use.
Best Regards, Hugh On 2/7/07 18:19, "Michael K. Bergman" <m...@mkbergman.com> wrote: > To All OpenLinkers and ODSers, > > Hey, folks, I'm just sending a note to say Thanks! and provide my first > impressions on working directly with the ODS code base. As many of you > may know, I wrote a fairly detailed product review a couple of months > back (http://www.mkbergman.com/?p=355). The research behind that review > convinced me to use ODS for some of my own projects. > > So now, I am getting even more under the hood. I may be one of the > first outside of OpenLink to probe the framework and its applications > pretty deeply. I appreciate Mitko and Rumi's and everyone's efforts to > answer my questions, which (fortunately or unfortunately, however you > look at it :) ), will likely continue at a pretty aggressive pace. > > You all are to be congratulated and thanked. This is a very powerful > system, with a singularity of vision about breaking down the barriers > between data silos that I believe is timely and important. Therefore, I > also believe it has very great commercial potential, as well! :) > > The scope of the effort is also impressive. There are so many useful > apps under this ODS umbrella, representing nearly complete coverage of > all existing social and collaboration apps on the Web. (BTW, is the > historical 'wa' from Web apps?) > > However, like any such effort that has been undertaken over a period of > time and without (yet) much external use, there are rough spots, gaps > and inconsistencies within ODS. This is to be expected. The fact there > are as few as I am seeing speaks well to the original vision and > approach taken behind this platform. > > I am aggressively customizing the platform through its available UI, > making modifications directly through code, and generally trying to > immerse myself as much as possible into a crash education in the system. > > While I applaud the direction of ODS to host external LAMP and other > applications (I myself have been an aggressive user and specifier of > WordPress, Joomla, and MediaWiki, for example), I have chosen to focus > on OpenLink's internal approach with XSL, VSPX and its extended SQL for > my efforts. > > (That is because I believe there is also a powerful vision and > integration potential behind these foundations and their relation to > Virtuoso as well.) > > In the process, I am: > > 1. Drafting missing documentation and 'how to' instructions > 2. Keeping a journal of suggestions and recommendations for how to > improve the existing framework > 3. Making notes on natural extensions and applications of the ODS > framework in a variety of venues. > > So far, my documentation runs to scores of pages (granted, some of that > is file and directory documentation!) across a dozen topics or more. > OpenLink will have complete use of this documentation for however it > sees fit. > > So, everyone, in part I wrote this, again, to say Thanks! for this great > effort. But, because of my use and likely continued posts to this > forum, I wanted everyone to know the background in advance. And I'd > especially like to thank Kingsley for supporting my interest in ODS. > > So, everyone, if I sound critical or make many suggestions as these > threads continue, please know that is because I like what you have > created and believe in its potential -- which I would like to help > promote in some small manner -- and am trying to understand and document > it as best I can. > > Thanks for your understanding, and I look forward to working with all of > you more in the coming weeks. > > Best regards, > > Mike Bergman > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Virtuoso-users mailing list > Virtuoso-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtuoso-users
