[infrastructure] What platform is OSfA built on?

[Terri Molini]

We can add it to the agenda but I believe the infrastructure decision 
was made and if I can learn it, that speaks volumes.

Best,
terri

Elizabeth Ziph wrote:
> Terri,
>
> I think this sounds like something for a team meeting agenda for next 
> week. I will be ok with whatever decision you make.  I will be in 
> Edinburgh next week so will likely not be able to participate in the 
> discussion.
>
> elizabeth
>
> Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Elizabeth Ziph wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> I agree.? The CMS is OFBIZ -- Open For Business 
>>> http://ofbiz.apache.org/
>>
>> I don't know whether it's even useful to start this discussion, as 
>> the ship might already have sailed for good, and if this is an 
>> academic discussion, forgive me...
>>
>> ...but I wonder ofbiz might be too heavy for the org's purposes.
>>
>> Here's the thing.  An application stack like ofbiz is not just a CMS; 
>> it's a whole business platform with full CRM/ERP implementation.  
>> It's a great platform for a business that has those kinds of needs, 
>> and can pay staff to build a robust application that can run a 
>> business -- but OSfA isn't a business.  It's an advocacy project that 
>> will rely almost entirely on volunteer labor to accomplish its goals.
>>
>> In the years I've come to rely on volunteer geek labor, I've found 
>> two rules to be paramount:
>>
>> Rule #1. Create the lowest possible barriers to entry for participation.
>>
>> Rule #2. Know thy contributor base.
>>
>> Open Source for America has an *outstanding* opportunity to draw 
>> volunteer support from the rank and file of open source developers -- 
>> but infrastructure choices matter.  I personally know literally 
>> dozens of people who have played with Drupal.  Until today, I'd never 
>> even heard of ofbiz.  Now, that may be a function of the geeks I hang 
>> out with -- but the geeks I hang out with are the geeks who volunteer 
>> to do stuff, and I think it's a pretty representative sample.
>>
>> So, again, this ship may have sailed, and I can respect that -- but 
>> as it stands, Ean is carrying an awfully heavy load, and there's no 
>> one I see with the expertise to backfill him.  Acquia is *the* Drupal 
>> company right now, and Drupal is *the* mass-market CMS leader, and 
>> you've got someone from Acquia on your infrastructure team.  It may 
>> be worth reconsidering some core infrastructure choices.  It can be 
>> painful to change gears, but if you're going to do it, better to do 
>> it sooner than later.
>>
>> My $0.02.
>>
>> --g
>>
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