Engineers WANTED for open source app! - anevsky

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Posted by anevsky on August 28, 2003 at 14:47:23

I've been trying to do a variety of things lately.. start a collective in the bay area for phono tools which are expensive and rarely needed, a Wally Analog studio for example. Everyone contributes some money, we decide on what to buy as a group, and do it. No takers. Strange.

Come on guys, I know there are a bunch of us geeky engineers into vinyl. I've been working on an app for some time, but am starting over.

But if there are any open-source types on the list, Java, C#, C - lets get together and build a great program. As I mentioned below, one of the things I am interested in is using web-services to allow for the swapping of record info. You fire up the program, input the label and label id, the app does a query to a central server (which I'll manage for the time being) and gives you back xml which is imported into your app (NO COPY AND PASTING!). It would be like CDDB for vinyl, but with more info.

I'm still working on the database schema and could use input from thoughtful programmers, db adminds, etc. What could be done intially

* Setting up a project at source forge, etc.
* Requirements, use cases, etc.
* DB design
* XML Schema design (for the web service)
* UI mock-up for the app

I think a handful of good engineers could build this app quite quickly. If there is a SWING guru, we'll do it in java and make it portable. I'm leaning towards C# (as I said) because the UI tools are much easier, and I have no desire to learn the gory details of Swing.

If you are interested, PLEASE CONTACT ME. A few of us putting in 5-10 hours a week and we'd have a killer OPEN app. Available to all.

If you want to look at my initial brain-storm on the db schema, hit the link. (Opera won't work, maybe IE only :( it is a Visio export)

-Adam

http://www.trailtopia.com/akimball/records/schema_files/schema_frames.htm (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Engineers WANTED for open source app! - anevsky 14:47:23 08/28/03 (16)

Re: Engineers WANTED for open source app! - reverber 11:32:34 08/29/03 (2)

Re: Engineers WANTED for open source app! - xyc05 05:34:14 10/18/03 (1)

Re: Engineers WANTED for open source app! - Rod M 15:50:57 08/29/03 (0)

OK, some more issues.... - Penguin 17:48:43 08/28/03 (4)

Re: OK, some more issues.... - anevsky 21:48:29 08/28/03 (0)

Re: OK, some more issues.... - Rod M 18:56:06 08/28/03 (2)

This could be a service only available to contributors :-) - Penguin 05:04:56 08/29/03 (1)

Druther have the Yoyo ;-) (nt) - Ivan303 05:59:06 08/29/03 (0)

why not do it as a Web site and/or service rather than a standalone app? - BillyBuck 17:05:02 08/28/03 (1)

Re: why not do it as a Web site and/or service rather than a standalone app? - anevsky 21:56:33 08/28/03 (0)

Interesting....and timely - Rod M 16:35:11 08/28/03 (2)

Re: Interesting....and timely - anevsky 17:20:25 08/28/03 (1)

Re: Interesting....and timely - Rod M 19:02:20 08/28/03 (0)

Re: Engineers WANTED for open source app! - korneluk 15:37:01 08/28/03 (1)

Re: Engineers WANTED for open source app! - anevsky 17:01:59 08/28/03 (0)

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