From: "Ruth A. Kramer" <rhkramer@...>
Date: 2005-02-17T03:51:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby + end user applications

Derek Wyatt wrote:
> I may just be in line to write one of these "cool, simple to use, end
> user applications" (after i'm happier with my ruby expertise).  My
> problem is coming up with one to write :)  Does anyone have a list of ideas?

Yes! ;-)

Write again after your happier with your Ruby expertise.  I want to
write something that I've loosely called a wiki like thing, though with
a greater scope than any wiki I've seen so far.  I would like to have
help.  I'm not publishing much about my specific ideas as I'd like to
find an interested group of people, and then among all of us, consider
whether we want to go open source or proprietary (in hopes of actually 
making a "significant" amount of money).  (Of course, I know money can
be made in open source as well.)

Anybody else interested?  Write to me.  I'm in the midst of writing a
requirements document (or, more accurately, gathering the requirements
as notes), while I also work on learning Ruby.  ;-)  I hesitate to
hazard a guess, but this could be a 1 to 10 manyear project, depending
on the expertise and experience of those involved.

regards,
Randy Kramer