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- From: morrison@eng.auburn.edu (Kelly Morrison)
- Subject: A PD Project Mngt Tool for X - status
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- Organization: Auburn University Engineering
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 18:29:24 GMT
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-
- Hello!
-
- A few months ago, I posted an article describing a public domain
- project management tool developed at Auburn University. This tool
- was created as a demonstration prototype for a senior design projects
- class at Auburn and was written in C. It uses the X Window System
- (X11R4) for screen display and PostScript for hardcopy output. The
- tool supports the creation and modification of Gantt charts, and the
- scheduling of meetings among a number of users. I attended the demo
- and thought it was a neat, flashy program. So when I saw the thread
- on comp.windows.x, I mentioned this tool and was flooded with
- responses.
-
- Since then, I've tried to locate the authors, but I haven't been
- successful. However, the program is the property of Auburn University,
- so I may be able to persuade the University into releasing the program
- into the public domain. HOWEVER, two problems have cropped up. They
- are:
-
- 1. The students who wrote the program had never been formally
- introduced to the X Window System or to PostScript. In addition,
- this program was written as a PROTOTYPE, under severe time
- constraints. Therefore, the program is fairly messy and still
- has a significant number of bugs.
-
- 2. To save time, the students hacked some IslandDraw PostScript
- routines to produce PostScript output from their program. I
- don't know if it is legal to distribute this software because
- of this -- it would be distributing commercial software under
- another name, which is clearly ILLEGAL! However, there are
- only a few routines that were taken from
- the IslandDraw PostScript routines, and I think that I could
- write legal replacements, or better yet, recode the
- PostScript output routines.
-
- On the other hand, many students at Auburn have been using the
- tool. It produces really nice Gantt charts! If you want a simple
- Gantt chart tool, this would probably suit you nicely.
-
- BTW, I kept a list of all the people who inquired about the
- status of the tool (sorry, but there were just WAAAAAAY too many to
- reply to individually!). I'll email you you with information as soon
- as we decide what to do with the software.
-
- -----> Kelly Morrison, Auburn University
-
- P.S. I'll be out of town 'til Monday, so I can't respond to email
- 'til then.
-