RE: [mv] Minivend, the next chapter

["Keith Pettit" <keithp@censoft.com>]

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Sounds great!!

I've just started to get things orginized for my first MiniVend shopping
cart, do you think I should wait until this new version comes out and give
it a try, or stick with the current MiniVend??  I need to have a commerce
ready site by the first of July.


Name Suggestions:

GNU-Vend
GNU-Commerce
FreeCommerce
OpenVend
FreeVend


Thanks,

Keith





->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
->--
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->phone +1.513.523.7621 fax 7501 <mikeh@minivend.com>
->
->Fast, reliable, cheap.  Pick two and we'll talk.  -- unknown
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