gEDA-dev: gedaconsulting.com

[Karel Kulhavy]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:02:12PM -0600, 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.

To rub my ego and personal preferences I would suggest here the system of
making money on free technology which I designed myself. Develop something,
publish details how cool it is and then collect donations until people pay the
development and then release it under GPL/GFDL.  It's not theoretical, it
practically works on Ronja.

Anyway, don't forget to include a slightly foggy overilluminated picture of
a happy family with a small child, colourful ball and a beagle dog labeled
"gEDA brings semiconductor devices for a brighter future". Alsp some
manager graphics with a white male, black male and asian woman.

Add few empty phrases like "gEDA technology platform will allow you to leverage
the full potential of future investments into leading market sector" and
"gEDA brings you a competitive advantage through an innovative paradigm to
electronics engineering development cycle".

CL<

> 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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