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- For the time being, gnu-objc is supposed to be a mailing list for
- active developers. There is no newsgroup for gnu-objc yet because it
- is feared that it will be full of frivilous discussion. This does not
- mean there will never be a newsgroup. The consensus last fall at FSF
- was that it would not help code get written to have a newsgroup. In
- fact it was felt that my time was being spent unproductively
- maintaining a "fun" discussion list at gnu-objc, rather than an active
- development list.
-
- So I am thankful that in recent weeks Kresten Krab Thorup has taken
- the bull by the horns by doing real development. Others are beginning
- to contribute real code as well.
-
- Geoffrey, 3/1/93
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-
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 09:23 EDT
- From: <MKK2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: administrative reminder
- To: gsk@marble.com
-
- What's the chance of moving this list into the gnu.* news hierarchy? I
- can see three advantages.
-
- 1. Visibility. Other folks will see that work is going on on ObjC, which
- will lend credibility to the language.
-
- 2. New people will have an easier time coming up to speed, since news stays
- around longer than email (well, sort of..)
-
- 3. It is easier to create subdiscussions like gnu.objc.map and gnu.obj.runtime
- and so on.
-
- I guess I have a private reason too. My email software sucks, while my
- news software is pretty good. (I really should investigate using another
- machine, but this one is free 8-) Is there perhaps a gnu machine I can access
- by PC Pursuit, or something?)
-
- Lee
-
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 09:26 EDT
- From: <MKK2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: (waiting) project mailing lists, user accounts
- To: gsk@marble.com
-
- Here's my problem wrt mailing lists. (1) This account belongs to my wife
- who teaches at Penn State. I'm not even supposed to be here. Also, this
- is an IBM mainframe, so I don't know if it can handle mailing lists, even
- if I could get permission to set one up, which I cannot. 8-(
-
- (2) I have a NeXT, but it isn't attached to anything. I could use it for
- mail and get news running on it *if* I had a feed. I am willing to pay
- the phone bills of course, but I can't afford UUNET or some similar service.
-
- (3) The reason I have time for this project is that I am currently
- serverely underemployed. I look for consulting/contract/permanent work,
- I workd on a few pet projects, I am Mr. Mom, and I do this. But that
- is also the reason that I cannot afford a commercial uucp/internet
- service right now.
-
- (4) wrt a feed. I have looked for five years for one in my area code, to
- no avail. Just yesterday, I decidedd to look again nationally. I
- ought to be able to find one. I do have an account on PORTAL, but it
- turns out to be a dead end.
-
- (5) Even if I get a feed, etc. I'll no doubt need help getting news
- and mailing lists running. I've done some uucp configuration, but never
- messed with sendmail.cfg, etc. (Hey, at least I've heard of them 8-)
- I am my own system adminstrator, of course.
-
- So, too make a long story short, setting up a mailing list is a big
- hassle for me.
-
- lee, got any subcontract work?, sailer
-
-