[steering] Migration plan (was: Gonna start calling votes)

[Marlene Bruce]

>I believe Dan when he says that we had an Oracle license.  However,
>his contact in Oracle left the company and everyone in Oracle that he
>talked to was dragging their heels since it generates no revenue.
>
>I believe that a ColdFusion license was donated but I don't know by
>who.  I don't know the details of CF licensing.  And there is the
>notion that we shouldn't be running it on w.e.o and t.e.o
>simultaneously.

Below is the email I received from Dan on this issue, dated 6/25/02.
I've X'd out the serial number because of the archive, but both Elfur
and I have this information if needed. I never did receive any more
confirmation on the Oracle license than is indicated below (in other
words, we're not officially legal right now).

>So, I believe that it is our best interests to change platform or find
>hosting that will provide those services and now is as good as time as
>any.  If we defer it until later, I believe, we'll be in the exact
>same situation as before with respect to the application and
>licensing.

+1

Marlene

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:03:02 -0500
From: "Daniel J. Cody" <djc@f2o.org>
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
To: Marlene Bruce <marlene@members.evolt.org>,
    Elfur Logadottir
  <elfur@elfur.is>
Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Chili!Soft inquiry]]

Here's the first and easiest to track license. It's for chilisoft ASP
and didn't come with a piece of paper. The need for any future
contact with Sun from evolt will come from either of you I'd assume.

I'm having a hard time getting a piece of paper from oracle, and that
will take a while due to its age and the size of the company. I'm
also trying to track down the anonymous doner who donated the CF
license, but as you can imagine, it's going to take some time.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Chili!Soft inquiry]
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:24:46 -0800
From: John Shell <john.shell@sun.com>
To: "Daniel J. Cody" <djc@members.evolt.org>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0202192118340.22275-100000@meo.evolt.org>



Hi Daniel,

Our apologies for not replying to you in a timely manner.  The following
will get your organization up and running with Sun Chili!Soft ASP:

1. Download the software from
http://www.chilisoft.com/downloads/register2.asp?target=CASPLNX
(Disregard the trial license number that you receive)
2. Because you are using a newer version of Apache, please read this
page before installing the product:
  http://www.chilisoft.com/howto/apache_mod.asp
3. Use the following serial number during installation:
  XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX (Note:  this is a full commercial license
for your organization's use only and cannot be resold)

Separately, I would like to ask you one small favor - please install the
Tomcat server and Apache module for JSP support.  This will give the
developers that visit your site a chance to test *all* major Web
technologies.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any other questions.

Regards,

John


Daniel J. Cody wrote:

>Hi John -
>
>Thanks for the reply. No I haven't received any info yet, please send it
>along.
>
>Dan
>
>On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, John Shell wrote:
>
>>Hi Daniel,
>>
>>Just wanted to make sure that we addressed your request.  If you haven't
>>received information on our developer program or a complementary
>>software license, please let me know.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>John Shell
>>Sr. Product Manager
>>Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>>P:  425-818-1108
>>E:  john.shell@sun.com
>>
>>
>>>>Hello  -
>>>>
>>>>I run the members.evolt.org ( http://members.evolt.org ) resource, which
>>>>provides free hosting for web developers looking to enhance their
>>>>skillset with technologies they are familiar with or those developers
>>>>looking to learn *new* technologies that they may not have the resources
>>>>to pursue on their own.
>>>>
>>>>Currently, we offer Cold Fusion, PHP, MySQL, Oracle, Perl, and Python
>>>>technologies for developers to try out. Numerous developers have come to
>>>>members.evolt.org to learn a new technology and have returned to their
>>>>jobs with a respectable skillset in that technology, which has led to
>>>>increased developer awareness of the technology and consideration of
>>>>that technology for development while working in real world business
>>>>enviornments.
>>>>
>>>>There have been a number of people who are looking to learn ASP as well,
>>>>and it has been reque
>>>>sted many times that the members.evolt.org service
>>>>look into offering that as an option as well. We do not allow commercial
>>>>sites to be developed with the resources we provide, but are a pure
>>>>development and testing enviornment.
>>>>
>>>>As we are a community of developers ourselves, the means to provide a
>>>>service our users are asking for is out of our reach at the moment. Does
>>>>Chili!Soft, either itself, or through Sun, provide any types of
>>>>developers licenses or similiar solutions for those in a situation like
>>>>our own? The nearly 1,000 web developers that use members.evolt.org are
>>>>hoping there are such options, and we look forward to your reply!
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Daniel Cody
>>>>djc@members.evolt.org
>>>>
>>
>