Hi Bob
bob blatchford wrote:
We have not put a process in place to deal with CO enquiries. Can we discuss at next conference call?
I believe we need to resolve this issue immediately to ensure we do not compromise our credibility. Graham, can we have a conference call today or tomorrow?
Attached are first two received. Who wants to address these two?
I see Graham just emailed to say he is answering the first and perhaps Stephen is taking the second. As Graham pointed out, we need to confirm ownership of incoming questions and their resolution.
Stephan is not on board@certifiedopen.com, so he will need to be contacted explicitly. Graham, will you do that?
You are receiving this mail because Gijs Overbeek g.overbeek@royalhaskoning.com is sending feedback about the site administrated by you at http://www.certifiedopen.com. The message sent was:
As a consultant with Royal haskoning i frequently meet customers with an existing ICT system who might be verdor-locked. I am wondering if there is an (excel?) tool to make a quick scan (just to indicate) for a customer. It is not the intention to mark or certify he products in any way or form just to explain, visualize a possible problem. With kind Regards, Gijs Overbeek Royal Haskoning Netherlands.
We don't have any automated tool for this. However, a consultant can use the Certified Open documentation and their own existing knowledge to create an impression of the degree of lock-in their current infrastructure may possess. It is important to emphasise that such a measure is not definitive nor is it endorsed in any way by Certified Open LTD, being subject as it is to the individual consultant's understanding and perspective of the tools in question.
You are receiving this mail because Simon Pavitt simon@headware.co.uk is sending feedback about the site administrated by you at http://www.certifiedopen.com. The message sent was:
Hi As a contributor to the Non-Profit Open Source Initiative [www.nosi.net], I'd love to see the Voluntary/Non-Profit sector listed at [www.certifiedopen.com/overview] alongside other types of organisation. There's much similarity and overlap between the ethos of the sector and open source software, and much open source developments are examples of large volunteer projects. I think there are different criteria and issues to consider when considering open source use in the sector, which I'm happy to discuss further. Thanks Simon ----
I believe Simon is making an important point and this could be a big growth area for Certified Open. Perhaps the most productive thing would be to engage Simon in conversation to understand his own organisation's requirements with respect to Voluntary/Non-Profit sector listing, and to move this discussion to the board level as soon as possible. It is also important that Simon will get feedback from the board's discussion on the topic so he knows what - if any - action we may take.
Shane