All These New Alpha Sites(tm)

["B. James Phillippe" <bryan terran org>]

Hi folks,

	First I would like to say that I'm thrilled to see so much
interest swelling around Linux/AXP.  This list is one of the better/more
coherent ones I've ever been on, and the willingness of Alpha people to
help each other out is great.
	However, I'm a little concerned about the fragmentation of
documentation and "authoritative Alpha sites" popping up here and there
being enough to overwhelm new users.  Even the veterans will start losing
track of what info was where.  I'm all for the idea of a central
"top-level" Alpha site.  My opinions on how that site should be selected
come down to two factors: the ability for other people to get new
information on the site and update what's there, and, the response time and
long-term comittment the site owner has to keeping information up-to-date
and responding to changes in the Linux/AXP community.  The site should aim
to be all-encompasing, in that if the information isn't right there on the
site, a current link to it is.
	Once a central site/owner is determined, that person can allow
other site owners or contributors "web-only" access (group FTP and CVS
server are two ways that come to mind) so they can keep their respective
sections up to date.
	Thoughts?

Just my $0.02.

cheers,
-bp
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