[Boost-users] Re: The Boost Community

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-04 15:14:47

"JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z" <joaquin_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I violently support the creation of such a site :)
> Let me throw in the following issues:
>
> 1. Name of the site. As I see it, it should mention the
> word "Boost" so as to stand clearly among other C++-devoted
> sites. Something like "Got Boost" (not that I particularly
> love this name, but you get the idea.) I propose that we
> do *not* launch a contest to find the name, lest we
> end up spending three omnths on the issue like it happend
> witht he Boost logo.
> 2. Hosting. Dave Abrahams volunteered to host the site.
> Is he still holding his offer?

I am.  It might require getting new hosting resources soon, but at
least initially I'm sure boost-consulting.com can handle the load.

> 3. Technology. I've been doing a small survey among my workmates and
> some of them are ardent fans of Plone (www.plone.org), an
> off-the-shelf community product built on top of a content management
> system called Zope.

Yay, Zope!  A product of the Python community.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com