Why move my application to Open Source

uk101man · 24-03-2006, 08:41 PM

I'm leaving the education sector and my town for the bright lights of London and for this reason I’m worried that all my hard work I’ve put into an application will be wasted. I would like your help on providing good reasons to make this application open-source which I hope could be uploaded to edugeek as a leaving present. This application is being developed at work and in my spare time!

The application does the following:

Batch (In AD)
Create User
Move Users
Delete Users
Set Password
Enable/Disable users
Set group memberships in AD
Get system information from all computers in a domain
Open remote PC C drive
Launch RDC or VNC to a remote PC
Batch
Shutdown, Restart, Reboot a remote PC
GPupdate on remote PC

Tom

Dos_Box · 24-03-2006, 09:57 PM

I will have your babies. Is that a good enough reason?

alan-d · 24-03-2006, 10:09 PM

I'll let Dos-Box have your babies too

Many thanks on behalf of all overworked school tecchies

russdev · 24-03-2006, 10:33 PM

i will buy you a drink

Russ

ChrisH · 25-03-2006, 01:09 AM

I will let Dos_Box have your babies and Let RussDev buy you a drink!! Seriously though it would be a great help for us all especially us poorschools who cant afford to pay for a tool like this.

_Bob_ · 25-03-2006, 11:54 PM

What's the app written in? I'm sure if you gave some details there would be plenty of people with the relevant skills that would come forward to help maintain it.

powdarrmonkey · 04-11-2008, 06:53 PM

What language is it in? How good is your working relationship with the head, can you get a source release signed from him/her? What kind of license are you looking at?

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24-03-2006, 08:41 PM	#1
uk101man Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Why move my application to Open Source I'm leaving the education sector and my town for the bright lights of London and for this reason I’m worried that all my hard work I’ve put into an application will be wasted. I would like your help on providing good reasons to make this application open-source which I hope could be uploaded to edugeek as a leaving present. This application is being developed at work and in my spare time! The application does the following: Batch (In AD) Create User Move Users Delete Users Set Password Enable/Disable users Set group memberships in AD Get system information from all computers in a domain Open remote PC C drive Launch RDC or VNC to a remote PC Batch Shutdown, Restart, Reboot a remote PC GPupdate on remote PC Tom

24-03-2006, 09:57 PM	#2
Dos_Box Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Preston, Lancashire Posts: 3,714 Thanks: 7 Thanked 132 Times in 61 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 41	Re: Why move my application to Open Source I will have your babies. Is that a good enough reason?

24-03-2006, 10:09 PM	#3
alan-d Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 1,274 Thanks: 22 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Rep Power: 13	Re: Why move my application to Open Source I'll let Dos-Box have your babies too Many thanks on behalf of all overworked school tecchies

24-03-2006, 10:33 PM	#4
russdev Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 5,225 Thanks: 34 Thanked 85 Times in 60 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 33	Re: Why move my application to Open Source i will buy you a drink Russ

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25-03-2006, 01:09 AM	#5
ChrisH Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Lancs Posts: 3,988 Thanks: 3 Thanked 44 Times in 38 Posts Rep Power: 22	Re: Why move my application to Open Source I will let Dos_Box have your babies and Let RussDev buy you a drink!! Seriously though it would be a great help for us all especially us poorschools who cant afford to pay for a tool like this.

25-03-2006, 11:54 PM	#6
_Bob_ Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 197 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 9	Re: Why move my application to Open Source What's the app written in? I'm sure if you gave some details there would be plenty of people with the relevant skills that would come forward to help maintain it.

04-11-2008, 06:53 PM	#7
powdarrmonkey Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alcester, Warwickshire Posts: 1,211 Thanks: 60 Thanked 121 Times in 99 Posts Rep Power: 26	What language is it in? How good is your working relationship with the head, can you get a source release signed from him/her? What kind of license are you looking at?

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