[Search-l] Wikia Press Release on search project

[Marc .]

Guys,
Look at "The Freenet Project": http://freenetproject.org/  (it's an
old and known project, just to remind..)
They have done a good work about decentralized and anonymous computers
network, it may be possible to have good knowledges from them.
Combining their technology with a search engine may help this project
to grow faster with minimum "infrastructure" resources. Maybe it's
also possible to run a series of "open source web applications"
(including emails, like litepost) in this open platform "just"
adapting it --by running a different "search software" in the
computers composing this net.

BR
Marc Rosenfeld

PS: I am not an engineer or programmer so I don't know if what I'm
proposing is feasible , I hope so ; )


2007/5/7, Nathan Braun <nathan at litepost.com>:
> On 5/7/07, EVANS, KENNETH (WOODY) <KENNETH.EVANS at tccd.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> > How does an open source e-mail project work, and how do you integrate it
> with Search Wikia?
>
> Exactly!  That's what I came to this list for, to see.
>
> That's what I'm sort of wondering, if it is even a possibility - or
> something desirable, worth pursuing (under such a framework)?
> Do they even fit together?  Or am I deluded in thinking so??
> As for how the actual infrastructure and architecture of such a program
> would work, I assume would be facilitated by the following standard open
> source devices:
> - a mailing list
> - SVN repository (for versioning/source control)
> - some decent starting code (which we have)
> - and a Wiki, of course!
> as per my very initial preamble/start here:
> http://www.litepost.com/nathanized (not released yet, "for
> your eyes only")
>
> I am just thinking of it mainly as an "open source alternative to Gmail" --
> for people who feel uncomfortable with Google (or another large company like
> that) handling all their private information.  It would be ideal, of course,
> if such a project were sponsored/adopted/spun-off by Wikia, or another
> similar organization.
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And why Litepost rather than… Brand X?
> It doesn't have to be Litepost, per se. I just have some decent code
> developed that I don't really know what I want to do with....
>
> Also, I don't know of any really good open source emails... do you?   (The
> only decent - although also unfinished - one I know of is Roundcube Webmail,
> and they're currently only IMAP-based:
> http://roundcube.net/
> (Litepost is currently POP though, so we're naturally interested merging the
> two projects as well...)
>
> I really don't know if a 'wiki-based,' or wiki-affiliated email makes sense.
>  That's just what I was attempting to gauge here - Wiki certainly espouses
> most of the ideals and principles (ie collaboration + transparency) we hope
> to aim for, I think. I am not 100% certain of the most appropriate avenue
> for us to take at this point in time, although I am certainly committed to
> open source ideals..
>
> I think there would potentially be a definite and possibly wide market for
> an (versatile, flexible, open source and extensible) email platform though,
> I'm just not exactly sure how to go about it and pursue it properly.  I was
> hoping that, out of anyone, this group might be able to point in me in some
> useful new direction(s).  (I am certainly not interested in conventional
> marketing, branding, product-pitching, that kind of thing...)
>
> NB
>
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