If it would be helpful, I'd like to volunteer our services in
the user testing area, as well as in contributing to the documentation
if you require. There are two scenarios that are of interest to our
firm:
- Server-based back-end and pc-based front end.
- On the server-side, our clients typically use either MS SQL
Server or Oracle. Server operating systems are commonly Microsoft. I
think that this might pose problems for a GlassFish-based
implementation. We do not have access to these servers, but wanted to
make you aware that this could be an issue.
- We also have a LAMP server that we can tear down and
re-build as required. Our experience in linux is very limited at the
moment. The server is ubuntu 8.04, and as long as we're given very
explicit instructions, we would be more than happy to tear down and
re-build that server for testing purposes. The server is behind a
firewall and is only accessible internally. In a small way, this may be
similar to environments at organisation sites, where typically
development servers are not externally visible on the internet.
- PC-based front end is currently linux (ubuntu 8.04) and we
do not have MS Windows machines. We use OpenOffice 2.4. Our clients
typically run MS
Windows XP, with no plans to migrate to Vista. They use Microsoft
Office 2003, with no plans to migrate to Microsoft Office 2007.
- We would also be interested in a scenario where a consultant
could load and run everything on a laptop (linux - ubuntu 8.04) and
publish an HTML website to an external web server. We are careful with
backups, so we could use a production laptop for these purposes.
Eclipse Ganymede is already installed and we are getting comfortable
with the tool. We have been exploring (and not necessarily liking) the
UML2 project that is part of the Eclipse Modeling Framework.
Our experience with Linux is limited, having only recently made the
decision to switch. On the other hand, Ballemco Inc. has 8 years of
engagements in business analysis, primarily for large, international
financial firms and for governments. Our engagements have been
primarily focused around requirements elicitation, documentation, and
management. Prior to forming Ballemco Inc., I worked as a business
analyst in the financial services industry, and have nearly 25 years
experience. In short, I think I might be what you would be looking for
as a 'consumer' of useme.
Regards,
Flavelle
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