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Lead Projects

indside Com m u nications Pl

atform

and TFN Syste m 100

Prim e : R ich ard Al

Th e Bl

indside Com m u nications Pl

atform

(BCP) and th e TFN Syste m 100 l

e ad ap-

ication com prise a l

e ad proje ct of th e

Tal

e nt First Ne tw ork . If inte re ste d in con-

trib u ting to th is pl

atform and/or l

e ad ap-

ication, pl

e ase contact R ich ard Al

via e m ail

(al

am r@ roge rs.com ).

indside Com m u nications Pl

atform

Th e goal

of th e Bl

indside Com m u nica-

tions Pl

atform l

e ad proje ct is to de ve l

and e vol

ve an ope n sou rce softw are stack

to de l

ive r on- de m and w e b m e e ting ap-

ications sim il

ar to th ose provide d by

W e b Ex

and

W e b train

Th e BCP proje ct inte grate s

Aste risk

Re d5

AppFu se

, and oth e r ope n sou rce

softw are .

Th e Bl

indside Com m u nications Pl

atform

e ad proje ct is se arch ing for:

-- D e ve l

ope rs w ith e xpe rie nce in u se r

inte rface de sign and k now l

e dge in

de ve l

oping Re d5 appl

ications

-- D e ve l

ope rs w ith Java and J2EE fram e -

w ork s (Spring) and/or C/C+ + /Q t
e xpe rie nce

-- D e ve l

ope rs w ith Linu x syste m adm inis-

tration e xpe rie nce (rPath e xpe rie nce a
pl

u s) and/or e xpe rie nce in m ave n/

su bve rsion/Ecl

ipse /Trac

-- D e ve l

ope rs w ith Aste risk /Fre e Sw itch

instal

ation and configu ration

e xpe rie nce

R ich ard Al

am com pl

e te d h is M aste r's d e gre e at

Carl

e ton w riting a th e sis on h ow com panie s

m ak e m one y from th e ope n sou rce proje cts
th e y initiate . H e starte d th e Bl

ind sid e Proje ct

w h ich d e ve l

ops a m u l

tim e d ia com m u nication

syste m u sing softw are from d iffe re nt ope n
sou rce proje cts.

D o you w ish to propose a ne w l

e ad proje ct?

D o you w ish to de scrib e a l

e ad proje ct for

w h ich you ne e d contrib u tors?

A l

e ad proje ct is a proje ct de signe d to u se

ope n sou rce to cre ate a discontinu ity in th e
m ark e t pl

ace . A l

e ad proje ct is com prise d of

a pl

atform (e .g., ope n sou rce stack ) and a

e ad appl

ication/se rvice th at de m onstrate s

th e cu stom e r val

u e of th e pl

atform . Typical

y, th e l

e ad appl

ication is l

e d by an e ntre -

pre ne u r.

Th e TFN is particu l

arl

y inte re ste d in su p-

porting l

e ad proje cts b ase d in acade m ic

institu tions th at add val

u e to O ntario com -

panie s.

If you w ish to propose a ne w l

e ad proje ct or

de scrib e one w ith w h ich you are al

re ady in-

vol

ve d, pl

e ase contact Tony Bail

e tti at

Bail

e tti@ sce .carl

e ton.ca .

TFN Syste m 100

Th e goal

of th e TFN Syste m 100 l

e ad pro-

je ct is to e nab l

e th e de l

ive ry of cou rse s

and pre se ntations ove r th e W e b. Th e sys-
te m w il

incl

u de : (i) a portab l

e PC for cap-

tu ring

and

arch iving

inte rnal

and

e xte rnal

e ve nts, (ii) a se rve r th at inte g-

rate s Re d5, O pe nO ffice , O pe nfire , and
oth e r softw are , and (iii) an Aste risk /Fre e
Sw itch .

Th e TFN Syste m 100 l

e ad proje ct is

se arch ing de ve l

ope rs to:

-- D e sign and de ve l

op a Fl

ash u se r

inte rface to provide sl

ide pre se ntation,

ch at, pre se nce , and vide o u sing Fl

e x/

ActionScript/Fl

ash M e dia

-- Exte nd O pe nW e ngo softph one u sing
C+ + /Q t l

ib rary and m odify and e xte nd

Aste risk /Fre e Sw itch to scal

e and

su pport m any concu rre nt u se rs

-- D e ve l

op J2EE w e b appl

ication for

sch e du l

ing and de l

ive ring pre se ntation

arch ive s

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