Title: Caucus conferencing system
ArticleDate: 24 Dec 2018
Tags: software
Author: ratthing

I just got finished installing the venerable Caucus conferencing
system on my ratthing.com server.

Caucus was created way back in 1982 and has been used by many
groups as a way of hosting linear type forums capable of
very deep and meaningful conversations.  Created by my friend
Charles Roth, Caucus is essentially a huge CGI program using a
proprietary scripting language called the Caucus Markup Language
(CML) to present users with a web interface to the text-oriented
conversations.

Caucus is a throwback to a simpler web, which is one of the
reasons I love it so much.  It's also rock solid, stable, secure,
and very flexible.

I'm considering using my Caucus install to host my courses that I
teach at UTSA and TAMUSA.  Both of those universities use Blackboard,
which I despise, as do most of the students.

Caucus is open sourced and you can take a look at it at
http://caucus.com.

The virutal community Brainstorms (brainstormscommunity.org) is
one of the few remaining sites that still uses Caucus for
conversations.  If you'd like to join a very friendly and smart
community of folks, please check it out.

You are viewing proxied material from gopher.ratthing.com. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.