gEDA-dev: Re: gedaconsulting.com

[Stephen Williams]

I think I would sign up for something like that. I would even be
willing to pay a nominal fee to share the burden of managing the
site. Or some intrepid soul may even use google ads to make some
payback on the whole thing.

John Griessen wrote:
> 
> 
> al davis wrote:
> 
>> I got the domain name "gedaconsulting.com".  For now, it points at
>> seul.org, which puts up the seul web page, which links to geda. 
>> "gnucap.gedaconsulting.org" points to gnucap.org.  I am open to
>> suggestions on what to do with it.
> 
> It's a natural name for a site with tabs for:
> 
> services -- Negotiate to develop an add-on to any one of the whole list
>     of geda software.  Website message form to fill for a call back.
> services -- List fixed price bids for new developments developers want
> to do,
>     with an e-commerce website form to pay for it with credit card,
>     and a message form to get a telephone call back from a developer.
> services -- Create windows builds.  Perhaps by an ebay style "auction"
>     with an incremental price that gets it to you 1 week in advance of free
>     publishing it after twenty customers ante up, and with a "buy it now"
>     price for the ones who think it will solve a problem for them.  If the
>     incremental price was $5, the buy it now would be $200, or what's
>     needed to get to a total of $200.
> services -- Use gEDA tools to do work for hire.  A links page.  With
>     testimonials, head shots, BBB link, etc.
> 
> support services -- Negotiate for training to use gEDA tools.  List of
> available
>     trainers.  Sell compilations, videos, printed documentatation.
> 
> support services -- providing computer boxes with linux distros and geda
>     installed and set up for the customer's domain and networking details
> support services -- offering access through the web to run iverilog on an
>     Opteron machine or farm of them.
> 
> 
> This could start out as just pages of links to others's web sites,
> an evolve to have some kind of rating system, editorializing by Al, the
> site operator, even committees.  We're an independent bunch --
> committees might never happen....
> 
> It would be best done with a "content managed" site that has logins for
> content changes by the individual providers, so Al can code full time :-)
> 
> John G
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday 06 December 2006 07:12, Stuart Brorson wrote:
>>> [1]  I'm leaving out the active PCB developers here since
>>> they have their own donation system.
>>
>> How is it working?
> 
> I'm curious to know what sourceforge told you all about some "tip money"
> $20 I donated to the pcb project.  Did it go to an account Dan, DJ or
> Harry can draw from?  Did it just fund the operation of sourceforge?
> 
> John G
> 
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