Re: my thoughts (long)
Susan Stewart <[email protected]>
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Anyone have any thoughts about which hierarchy it might be best to form this group under? The three options I'm currently considering are: gnu.* hierarchy... possibly name it gnu.edu... this would be concise, logical, and a logical place to look for us. On the down side, though, many servers don't carry the gnu.* hierarchy, and placing the group there would mean that the moderators would have to limit posts fairly strictly to those dealing with free software specifically. linux.* hierarchy... this is more widely available than the gnu.* hierarchy and would allow discussion on a broader level, including the discussion of non-free and free software that often work together. However, discussion of systems using GNU Hurd would be considered off topic. comp.* hierarchy... if we place the group properly, we could make the discussion as broad as we like. Also, as part of the big 8, the comp.* hierarchy is as widely available on the web as anything we could hope for. The only real drawback that I see is that there is a little more red tape involved in creating under the big 8 hierarchies, which I'm told to expect will take 3-4 months. However, I have no qualms about doing it if that is the general consensus among the folks I talk to. So, what would you name a newsgroup created to provide a forum for educators to discuss the role that free software plays in the classroom, including the non-free software that interacts with it? Susan On Sunday 29 December 2002 06:22 am, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: > As Susan more or less mentioned you have to get over some critical point > (amount of interest) to make this successful. But trying it is worth it, > even if you/we fail. > > From the Dutch vrijschrift.org's point of view I will do my best to > promote it. Your approach is practical and I am sure there is an broad > interest to fill the gap between those geeks and ordinary Win users. > > Least I could do is place a link on http://vrijschrift.org > > Hope to hear more soon... > > Wiebe > > > > _______________________________________________ > European "Free Software in Education" mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-eu