June 8, 2000 03 00050 61 00060801
Kurtz-Fernhout Software
pdfernhout@kurtz-fernhout.com
Subject: | Pointrel and SDS Proposal |
Dear Paul,
I am very grateful for your interest in my work. My objective is to produce a
product for sale that supports knowledge management, including Communication
Metrics, as the core of Enterprise Management. This requires
complimentary applications which might be produced under an open source
arrangement, as discussed with
Jack Park
on May 3, 2000.
More recently, on June 5, I
wrote to Jack through the
the DKR team about the overall framework of
SDS as the foundation of knowledge management.
..
Your proposal may fit that model for the reasons in the record on June 1, 2000
where it appears that
you intend to create an application that processes the
SDS record on the web.
If you do this, it would add value to SDS records as a
source of daily business "intelligence," and this would help sell the SDS
program for generating content. Under this scenario, Pointrel could be
distributed under any terms of your choosing, e.g., open source.
..
An additional project to consider is joining me to create the SDS program
itself in a stronger form, as indicated by
your educational work
shown on the web. This would give you an ownership position
in SDS, and enable you to directly influence the design, and to advance the day
when there is a knowledge management capability released to the world. Such an
arrangement would entail a lot more thought about business arrangements.
..
Thanks again for your interest in SDS. I realize open source is very important
to you, and hope that this does not prevent us from exploring further how to
move the work forward.
Sincerely,
THE WELCH COMPANY
..
Rod Welch
rowelch@attglobal.net