Car pooling application?

[Jason Dixon]

On Sep 1, 2005, at 11:16 PM, Ed Wilts wrote:

> Google isn't too much help in this one...  Too many people are  
> building
> in-car applications on Linux.
>
> With the rising gas costs, I've been asked to help identify a simple
> carpooling application that people in our office could use to match  
> up a
> ride to work.  Anybody know of one?

I must not understand your question Ed, you certainly aren't the type  
I expect to see a seemingly frivolous post from.  Why do you need a  
"carpooling" focused application when simple tools already exist.   
Hmm... mailing lists, spreadsheets, a piece of paper hanging in the  
cafeteria?  :)

Even if you wanted to get creative, a very basic database-driven web  
app could be crafted out of a few lines of PHP or even RoR in about  
15 minutes.

Or are you looking for something really creative (a-la a dating  
service) to take addresses and compute the best possible carpooling  
schedules based on geography and proximity?  Sounds like overkill.   
*shrug*

More details?

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Jason Dixon
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