Hi Guys, I'm sure some of you remember me from the
early days. Sadly 'real life' has kicked in and I really don't have time for the
'pedia anymore. I miss it a lot.
I do however have a business proposition to throw
out into the ring. I am interested in getting an estimate of the cost of porting
something equivalent to the Phase III 'pedia into the DotNetNuke (DNN)
framework. (In $US or Euros please.)
Some of you may remember that I am professionally
involved in meta-data management, and I believe that the combination of the best
of DNN with the functionality of Wikipedia might be an ideal solution to the
challenges of corporate meta-data management, particularly as DNN is making
serious inroads into the corporate intranet world.
I am not interested in a "pure" clone of the
current Wikipedia software, the most notable change would be the
introduction of user classes including "reader", "limited scope editor" (able to
edit pages within a custom-defined subject area), "global editor" (similar to
the standard user of the 'pedia now), and "admin (just like the 'pedian
admin, rights to delete, rename pages, etc). All user classes would be able to
edit in the Talk: namespace. The Wiki Namespace would need to be renamed (as
it's not going to really be a Wiki anymore).
If you're interested, send me a private email,
although feel free to discuss the general notion of the idea on the list if you
desire. If your estimate runs into the $000's then it's out of my budget (I have
no financial backing for this and I'm funding it out of my own pocket).
However, by posting to this list I acknowledge
that I am throwing the idea into the public domain, so feel free to investigate
it on your own. (If you end up making a million dollars off of my idea,
I'm going to expect a REALLY nice dinner at a VERY fancy restaurant some
time.)
Best regards to all of the old faces, and a big
hello to the new ones.
Manning Bartlett
PS - I'm flying all over the world at the moment
for work and so my responses to your email might be erratic. My apologies in
advance.