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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Chad Knepp wrote:

> There really isn't a way to display dynamic graphics in a web browser
> short of using Java as in TouchGraph.  One of the big time saving

Is it possible to write our own Java program to do this sort of thing instead 
of buying
a ccommercial product.

> issues with using Zope is that we don't have to fully normalize our
> database schema.  The object model is so different that this sort of
> process isn't necessary.  My first thought when I started to seriously
> consider the possibility of using an RDBMS (MySQL) instead of Zope is
> that wow, we are going to need 200-300 tables here.


>  > I agree that if Zope isn't going to happen on ibiblio any time soon
>  > then using arashi temporarily and migrating to a commercial host is
>  > a good idea (as long as Rich and Chad [JS & JH also) agree to do
>  > this). We could then plan to raise money to buy a server for
>  > ibiblio and move there for a permanent home to save $$ and help
>  > ensure the long term survivability of the project. I definitely go
>  > for the "give it year" proposal. Better still to find the money to
>  > buy a Zope server for ibiblio now, of course. On the other hand
>  > getting up and running on arashi/some commercial host with a PayPal
>  > donation button is a great idea. I think there are great ideas and
>  > possibilities awaiting us. Lets get busy.
>
> Excellent!  

Well, just thought I'd suggest that some of our $10K be used to buy a Zope 
machine for ibiblio (a good investment for the future -
saving us more than the machine cost in long term hosting fees and maintenance costs) and use most of the rest of the 10$K to pay for part 
of the programming costs with the deficit coming later (RSN) as donations and grants roll in. I will give $250 to kick things off if this 
option is decided on; ibiblio's contribution can be considered a tangible donation also and they might be able to attach a dollar 
amount/year to that for promotional purposes to encourage like contributions. What do you think of this idea?

LL

> I'm more curious as to where Rich is at here.  Haven't heard from him
> for like 4 days...

The MySQL/Zope stew thickens.

LL
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