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Originally Posted by sparksandtabs
Are you going to have a spot on this database so teams can look at what other people need?
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I plan to add a pulldown next to every item so you can select Surplus, Adequate, Needed
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Originally Posted by sparksandtabs
It would also be nice to have a preferred time they want it by on there if possible. And maybe and urgency level. Like a scale of 1-10 of how badly they need it or how critical it is to making their robot work. Like team who needs zip ties isn't in as much trouble as a team who needs a new motor for something.
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The idea is that each team at an event will have at least one of everything needed, so all someone needs to do is go to any laptop on the floor and access the database to find what they need.
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Originally Posted by sparksandtabs
If you need to you don't exactly need a laptop. If you get the right software you can turn any computer into a server. What about if you even just get a old desktop computer, put Apache on it then run the scripts on that.
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The main reason that I would rather keep the server on a mac is simple ease of use. I know most of the software like the top of my keyboard, and frankly, even though I have a windows computer and keep it well maintained and am on it nearly as much as I am on my macs, I hate it thoroughly. I am not going to go on a windows bashing rampage here, I believe in the "To each his own" approach for the most part.
Another reason, (however low) is the threat of viruses. Personally, I have a virus sitting on my desktop right now that I received in an email. I keep it there as a little shrine to the iMac who's desktop it graces.
In closing, I would like to make sure that everyone knows my standings: _EVERY_ os sucks. Windows just sucks a whole lot more then the competition. (</windowsbash>)
I would like to leave the whole Windows Server thing up in the air... im not turning my back on it completely, but for now I would like to stick to what I know and feel comfortable with.
(BTW, there _WILL_ be a web-based Master Database, so if someone with a really good wireless router wants to take it with them and figure out how to get internet to it, that may increase the number of events the RFAS will reach)
Thanks all for your continued ideas and support, keep the questions coming!