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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:41:54 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Christopher Korher <ckornher@mac.com>
Subject: Re: Potential Consulting Gig
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Hi Chris,

I've got to step out for about 40 minutes and will be back closer to
11.20.  I'm sorry about that, hopefully it won't be a problem.  See you
then.

Thanks,

a


 On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:39:53 -0700 Christopher Korher
<ckornher@mac.com> wrote:

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> Andy,
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> In order to speed the process along, I thought that I would let you =20
> know what we are looking for in our first meeting. We would like to
> be able to draft a short  proposal this weekend, and have it to you
> by Monday, June 21.
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> I want to stress that this plan is only our =E2=80=9Cbest guess=E2=80=9D =
as to the =20
> best way to proceed. Your input is vital to this process, of course.
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> ----------------------------------------------------
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> Here is the information that we are looking for to define the first =20
> deliverable prototype:
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> 1) A well defined, small piece of functionality from the current =20
> Nexenta system. The Nexenta demos provide convenient =E2=80=9Cspecs=E2=80=
=9D that we =20
> could use to define this first deliverable. Starting =E2=80=9Cfrom the to=
p=E2=80=9D
> of the demo page, the =E2=80=9Cinstall-configuration-wizard=E2=80=9D seem=
s like as
> likely candidate as any to me, but you probably have a much better
> idea of the aspect of the GUI that you are most interested in seeing
> re- implemented.
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> http://www.nexenta.com/demos/install-configuration-wizard.html
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> 2) A description of the =E2=80=9Clook and feel=E2=80=9D that you want for=
 the new =20
> version. At this stage, we just need to have an idea of the amount
> of redesign that will be required in order to bid the work.
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> ----------------------------------------------------
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> Here is our tentative plan for identifying and developing the first =20
> deliverable:
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> 1) The prototype will be a =E2=80=9Cstand alone=E2=80=9D GUI with no conn=
ection to
> the management stack. This will reduce risk and development time.
> The purpose of this prototype is to validate the GUI tools and to
> arrive a satisfactory =E2=80=9Clook and feel=E2=80=9D. It will be much mo=
re
> straightforward to estimate the integration once we have a small
> piece of functional GUI that you are satisfied with.
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> 2) We will need spend time with you to work through the issues to =20
> arrive at a design that meets your requirements and can be built in
> a reasonable amount of time with the toolkit that we choose. The =20
> proposal will include a number of hours ( probably between 4-16) on-=20
> site to refine the requirements with your team.
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> 3) Creating this initial prototype will require some compromises.
> All GUI toolkits, of course, have a built-in set of widgets and =20
> capabilities. The good ones can be extended, with reasonable effort. =20
> In order to keep costs down on this prototype, we will use the
> default functionality provided by the toolkit of choice to match the
> desired look and feel as closely as we can without resorting to
> custom widgets and extensive skinning. Future deliverables can
> include custom widgets, skins, etc, as needed.
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> ----------------------------------------------------
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> I hope that this makes some sense. I look forward to refining this =20
> plan, or throwing it out and creating a new one with with you at 11:00
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> - Chris
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