Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ModBox - an Open Platform as a Service (OPaaS)

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > Ok, you just hijacked a thread (I think (I don't have threading > enabled)) and you top posted. You've probably burned through your > goodwill in one shot :/ > > Cheers, > Rob. > > > > On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 14:32 -0500, cl@wizzyweb.com wrote: >> After posting to this list to see if it is appropriate and getting good >> feedback, I'm posting an announcement I think is very relative to this list >> as I have been using PHP ever since it was a Perl script (PHP/FI) and have >> been heavily influenced by it's concept and evolution when creating what I >> am announcing. So the announcement is the launch of something I have been >> working on in my spare time for a long time and what I believe will be a >> logical next step in Internet development - ModBox an "Open Platform as a >> Service" (OPaaS). Ok, what the #@#$ is OPaaS? OPaaS is PaaS, but open. Think >> Force.com/Google App Engine/Amazon EC2 - but open. Really open. Not fake >> open like so much other BS services that try to lock you in. In a nutshell, >> ModBox is a Web-based distributed development environment that is completely >> neutral in every way. So, you can use any infrastructure you want, any >> programming language, any server, any OS, any database, etc. to >> create/distribute applications. Also, because ModBox works over standard >> HTTP, you can incorporate existing applications or web services into the >> applications you create. ModBox brings all the pieces together seemlessly >> for programmers and users. I hope I have borrowed the best ideas from IDE's, >> RAD, frameworks, Web services grid/cloud computing and Open Source to make a >> logical ecosystem which puts a much needed front-end/face on all of it. This >> list is the first place I have announced ModBox and I welcome you to Rock >> the Box and let me know if it makes as much sense to you as it does to me. I >> would, of course greatly appreciate any feedback as I am not so bold to >> think I have cracked the code on the 1.0. The URL is below. >> >> ModBox - Open Platform as a Service: >> http://www.sullivansoftwaresystems.com/modbox >> >> Thanks for your time. >> >> Brian Sullivan >> Sullivan Software Systems >> ModBox - Rock the Box. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robert Cummings" <robert@interjinn.com> >> To: "Eric Butera" <eric.butera@gmail.com> >> Cc: "Daniel Brown" <danbrown@php.net>; <cl@wizzyweb.com>; >> <php-general@lists.php.net> >> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 1:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Need List Advice >> >> >> > On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 12:55 -0500, Eric Butera wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 12:25 -0500, Daniel Brown wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:33, <cl@wizzyweb.com> wrote: >> >> >> > I have been looking but can't find which PHP list is best to >> >> >> > post >> >> >> > info >> >> >> > regarding a new PHP tool. I have seen new product/service >> >> >> > announcements on >> >> >> > this list, but thought there might be a better list. Any >> >> >> > suggestions? >> >> >> >> >> >> As long as it's an announcement and not a commercial >> >> >> advertisement, you'll be fine. One thing that we generally consider >> >> >> "bad etiquette" as well would be only posting to this list to >> >> >> announce >> >> >> your product or project. Being a helpful contributor to the list in >> >> >> general will buy you some Brownie Points[tm]. >> >> > >> >> > We get brownie points for helping? Crap, who's keeping track of mine? I >> >> > had nooooooooo idea!! Can they be cashed in for treats? :B >> >> > >> >> >> >> Oh man... 3312 msg >> >> >> >> >> >> http://marc.info/?a=106398348200006&r=1&w=4 >> > >> > >> > Good ol' Marc, that guy keeps track of everything! >> > >> > Now... about those treats.... >> > >> > >> > -- >> > http://www.interjinn.com >> > Application and Templating Framework for PHP >> > >> > -- > http://www.interjinn.com > Application and Templating Framework for PHP > > Well it was his thread at first. Just mad you haven't got your treat yet?