Ben writes:
1. From a users point of view, ask this same question to first time visitors of www.openacs.org, and put this prominently on the homepage. That will give developpers a sense of what John Doe is looking for, without getting distracted by technical challenges.
I like this idea Ben. I put a survey on my site.
http://www.aristoi.biz/marketing/survey/respond?survey_id=8686
Was this what you had in mind?
We can put one on openacs.org once its upgraded and we can install survey.