[CS-FSLUG] Church Management Software

[EnzoAeneas]

In that vein, let's brainstorm and recall all of the ways that we can
make the application cross-platform.
I prefer, to simplify development, to use technology higher than the
language-level. That is OpenOffice.org (which uses java for many of
its functions) rather than straight java. This way we spend less time
re-implementing and designing nuts and bolts and concentrate more on
what the applications are supposed to do and how they do it.

That being said, here are the technologies that I can think of:
Frameworks:
1. OpenOffice.org
2. Mozilla Gecko/XULRunner

Applications:
1. OpenOffice.org


any other ideas?

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
>
> Ed Hurst wrote:
>  > EnzoAeneas wrote:
>  >> no not at all. We have control over the version of everything we use.
>  >> Besides, if we simply adapt pre-existing software for most
>  >> functionality, we are simply providing glue code.
>  >>
>  >> But you are not wrong at all. Just perspective different from mine.
>  >> We can go that direction to simplify initial implementation, and
>  >> maintain a separate codebase for other ideas.
>  >> Both could be maintained. In either case, we need to plan well and
>  >> keep all of our end users in mind.
>  >> I appreciate that you have been doing that through my techno ranting :-)
>  >
>  > Two parallel models. If we can manage it, I rather like that idea. There
>  > is something to be said for having a smaller and simple glue package
>  > based on OO, as long as we remind users it has limits. At the same time,
>  > we can produce a heavier project for larger churches. Perhaps the coup
>  > de grace would be some means to migrate up to the latter if the
>  > particular organization wishes.
>  >
>  > That way we can help the computer clueless, but offer something more
>  > involved for organizations willing to commit to learning the heavier
>  > system. We can't deny a large scale operation simply requires more
>  > specialization in staff. I don't see how that makes it any worse than
>  > what exists in commercial CM software, and certainly better that we
>  > remove the cost of the software itself. The only people we can't appeal
>  > to are those who insist on the full corporate support model.
>  >
>  > In the process, we become somewhat expert in the field itself, and offer
>  > strong advice to those who can't make up their minds, or whose needs
>  > simply fall outside the immediate scope of what we build. All of us who
>  > take a hand in this gain expertise and improve our serve in the many
>  > unforeseen places the Lord takes us.
>
>  WELL said, Ed!!
>
>  Fred
>
>  --
>  Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have
>  to support your Windows anymore."
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