Re: All These New Alpha Sites(tm)

[Rich Payne <rdp cheshire net>]

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, B. James Phillippe wrote:
>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.

I couldn't agree more. I joined this list a few weeks ago and the info has
been great. This is partly what motivated me to start the web site.

>	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.

I agree, information is only usefull if it is accurate and available when
you need it.


>	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?

I'm currently in talks with someone to do the hosting of the site, we'll see if
anything comes of that.  I'm more than open to the idea of multiple people
working on it, and I welcome anyone who would like to volunteer. Are you
volunteering yourself??

Also I'm looking for suggestions for a domain name. 
www.alphalinux.org
www.linuxalpha.org
www.axplinux.org		any ideas??

P.S. Thanks for the info you e-mailed me, it should be on later this
evening.


 >
>Just my $0.02.
>
>cheers,
>-bp
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