[TheForge] Blacksmithing classes

[Andrew Vida]

Fiorini & Skiles wrote:
> 
> You should make that suggestion to the internet committee and education
> committee chairs on the ABANA board.
> Then you need some computer savvy individual to volunteer to compile it and
> make it searchable by topic and instructor both.

	There may be a bit more to it than that.  I don't know
	anything about the configuration of the ABANA servers,
	but they would need to purchase and install a database
	server package if they don't have one.  The DB would 
	seem to be trivial in design.  Not to get too deep into
	this, but if they are Windows servers, the cost is not
	so high.  SQL Server is comparatively inexpensive.  If
	UNIX, then perhaps one could get away with Postgres, which
	is free, but I don't know how reliable it is.  Next best
	would perhaps be Sybase, but that would probably cost
	thousands unless some good schmoozing could coax a free
	or heavily discounted copy from their hot little hands.
	ORACLE is the standard, but super $$$$$.

	Tha pages themselves ar probably not much more than
	a trivial ASP mplementation, but system security would
	still be the one very large factor to consider.  Some
	hackers will go after you simply because you are there.

	It's a really nice idea, though.