But there is a free as in free speech solution as well... YAMS is a GPLed package that currently has a shopping interface, a store management interface, some level of inventory management, and a variety of nice features.
It was started to handle our internal needs, and outsourced because we knoew that was the best way to make it better.
Not to be redundant, but there are a couple of solutions that are out now, and are working. YAMS is currently available (under the GPL), is in use at the ScreamDesign store, and is being actively developed. Minivend, opencart, MySQLShopper, Webshop and a grundle of others show up in a search of freshmeat.
When OpenSales becomes an opensource package, it will be interesting to see how much cross pollination occurs -- and which packages shake out at the top of the pile.
What I really want from shows are good, inexpesnive local shows that include:
BOFS when people get together things happen
Vendors with knowledgable folks on the floor not sales 'droids
Solid Presenters there are a *lot* of folks out there working on cool stuff, the more it gets shared the better off all of us are
Quicky/WIP sessions some people aren't comfortable doing a big presentation, a series of 10-20 minute presentations about projects in process are a cool way to do things
LUG participation install fests, local interest stuff, and an info booth
at the risk of being labeled a free software bigot, ssh doesn't cut it. It is *not* free for commercial use. psst is the gnu project to implement a truely free ssh clone.
I'm not sure which I'm happier about, that the 'mainstream media' recognizes that this is important, or that v 1.0 is out. Now I guess we can all wait for psst (the GNU ssh clone).
i've used cobalt at a couple of locations, and i have to say that i like them. They're stable, they're quick to set up, and they look very cool (not that this one is too important, but...) I wish Cobalt good luck.
I also have three of them that we don't need any more (a project that has been redirected mid stream), so if anyone wants to buy one, let me know.
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But there is a free as in free speech solution as well ... YAMS is a GPLed package that currently has a shopping interface, a store management interface, some level of inventory management, and a variety of nice features.
It was started to handle our internal needs, and outsourced because we knoew that was the best way to make it better.
Not to be redundant, but there are a couple of solutions that are out now, and are working. YAMS is currently available (under the GPL), is in use at the ScreamDesign store, and is being actively developed. Minivend, opencart, MySQLShopper, Webshop and a grundle of others show up in a search of freshmeat.
When OpenSales becomes an opensource package, it will be interesting to see how much cross pollination occurs -- and which packages shake out at the top of the pile.
dia (www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/dia.html) is a gnomish replacement for visio. It isn't quite there yet, but it's nice and geting better.
Check it out.
What I really want from shows are good, inexpesnive local shows that include:
BOFS
when people get together things happen
Vendors
with knowledgable folks on the floor not sales 'droids
Solid Presenters
there are a *lot* of folks out there working on cool stuff, the more it gets shared the better off all of us are
Quicky/WIP sessions
some people aren't comfortable doing a big presentation, a series of 10-20 minute presentations about projects in process are a cool way to do things
LUG participation
install fests, local interest stuff, and an info booth
at the risk of being labeled a free software bigot, ssh doesn't cut it. It is *not* free for commercial use. psst is the gnu project to implement a truely free ssh clone.
I'm not sure which I'm happier about, that the 'mainstream media' recognizes that this is important, or that v 1.0 is out. Now I guess we can all wait for psst (the GNU ssh clone).
-pate
i've used cobalt at a couple of locations, and i have to say that i like them. They're stable, they're quick to set up, and they look very cool (not that this one is too important, but ...) I wish Cobalt good luck.
I also have three of them that we don't need any more (a project that has been redirected mid stream), so if anyone wants to buy one, let me know.
-pate
pate@screamdesign.com