RE: [mv] Minivend, the next chapter

[Pixelate Performance <service@pixelate.bc.ca>]

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I'll ditto Jacob's comment re pending projects! And suggest the names:

1) GlobalVend Complete
2) AllVend Complete
3) WorldVend Complete
4) CompleteCommerce
5) SolMark (Solution for the Market)
6) iMark or iMarket (internet market)

Thanks so much, Mike and all,
Donna Tabish


>hope that everything remains in the GPL spectrum (because i have already
>quoted the clients heh).
>Name suggestions:
>
>1)FreeVend
>2)Start
>3)GroundZero
>4)e-Trans
>5)e-Market
>6)FocalPoint
>7)Destination1 (as in 1 click *cough shopping *cough)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
>[mailto:owner-minivend-users@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Mike Heins
>Sent: June 14, 2000 1:34 AM
>To: MiniVend User List
>Subject: [mv] Minivend, the next chapter
>
>
>******    message to minivend-users from Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>
>******
>
>Dear All,
>
>I am pleased to announce that Minivend is getting a new direction and
>new resources.
>
>I have joined Akopia, Inc., and Akopia is now the shepherd of Minivend.
>Some of you may have seen Tallyman, the fine e-commerce program developed
>by Akopia.
>
>I first must make clear 3 key points:
>
>    1. Minivend and all derivatives remain GPL. The central business
>strategy
>       of Akopia is open source.
>    2. For those who have made the move to Minivend 4, you won't have
>       to change anything. The source base remains much the same -- the
>       major immediate changes are to the admin interface.
>    3. I am still heavily involved in the development of Minivend.
>       In fact, before long that will be my main job.
>
>Minivend improves in myriad ways with this move.
>
>Immediately, the development staff has increased four-fold. Please
>welcome:
>
>    David Wingate
>    Jason Holt
>    Sonny Cook
>    Jon Jensen
>
>They are all talented Perl developers whose primary job is to improve
>and develop Minivend.
>
>There will be technical writers dedicated to do nothing but improve the
>Minivend documentation. Demolition and reconstruction is improvement,
>right? 8-)
>
>Akopia has financing to support all of this. We intend, with your help
>as always, to make our software best of breed.
>
>You can see some information about Akopia at http://www.akopia.com;
>you are getting this announcement before the rest of the world, so
>it may be a short while before the web sites reflect the announcement.
>
>All client and hosting commitments made by me are taken over by Akopia.
>We will be developing a support offering which should enhance your
>ability to provide e-commerce solutions with Minivend.
>
>As you know, Minivend is a bit of a misnomer. In fact, there are several
>people who have commented that they originally passed by Minivend because
>they were looking for a high-end solution. So the name will change,
>to what we don't yet know. Suggestions? There is a $500 cash prize for
>the winner of the name contest.
>
>Some questions I am sure will be asked:
>
>    Q. What does this mean for the software in the short term?
>
>    A. The Tallyman user interface goes on top of the Minivend
>    software. Releases will be started from a version number 4.5.x
>    and will follow the now-common practice of making odd numbers unstable
>    releases and even numbers stable releases.
>
>    Q. Do I have to change everything again?
>
>    No. A migration path will be provided for both Minivend and Tallyman
>    users; the change will be minimal for Minivend users and more involved
>    for Tallyman users. The source base will be Minivend.
>
>    Q. You are going to start selling it now, right?
>
>    A. No. License is still the Gnu GPL.
>
>    Q. When will it be released?
>
>    A. We expect a beta release soon, within days or at most a
>    couple of weeks.
>
>I know this announcement might cause some consternation, but it is
>necessary if Minivend is to continue to improve and remain viable.
>Even with all of your help, Minivend has outgrown what I can do
>on my own.
>
>Thanks to all of you for making this possible by your support.
>
>Best,
>Mike
>--
>Internet Robotics, 131 Willow Lane, Floor 2, Oxford, OH  45056
>phone +1.513.523.7621 fax 7501 <mikeh@minivend.com>
>
>Fast, reliable, cheap.  Pick two and we'll talk.  -- unknown
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