[techtalk] how to find prior art/software?

[srl]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Laurel Fan wrote:

> Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-May-100 [techtalk] how to find prio.. by
> srl at cs.smith.edu 
> > The project in question: a generic ratings and comments engine for
> > a website. The things being rated could be anything, but site
> > visitors should be able to vote on various survey questions for each
> > (book|movie|restaurant), and add their comments. Visitors should
> > also be able to add (books|movies|restaurants).
> 
> You could probably do this with the ArsDigita Community System.  It looks
> pretty interesting (though it's in tcl, which I don't really like). It
> includes comments, polls, and user added content, so it shouldn't be
> hard to combine them.  Try:

Yes, I'm aware of ACS; it's a good product, though it seems a bit
hairy for my purposes. thanks for the recommendation. 

srl

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