On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Allan Rae wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Amir Karger wrote:
>
> > Sounds like Allan Rae, our PR guru, is the man.
>
> How did I know my name would come up?
> PR guru? I don't know who you've been talking too but I certainly wouldn't
> consider myself anything more than a "PR neophyte."
It's the old internet story. If you prove that you're good at something,
you just get more work.
> I was reading through my mornings stack of email and following this thread
> got me thinking:
>
> Do we really need a new machine specifically for LyX?
> If we approach someone for help who should it be?
> Might it be better to ask someone else to host our cvs repository?
>
> Who do you know with an interest in LyX who also has a large ftp site
> and anonymous cvs access to some of their packages?
>
> Hmmm...
>
> If we asked a group like RedHat or VA Research they would probably be
> prepared to host our website and cvs repositories but I doubt they'd
> actually offer a machine. We're just not big enough (publicity wise) for
> a donation I think.
Interesting thought. I don't really know how much control you have when
someone else hosts your stuff, but it must be less than the control you
get when you have your own computer. Besides, I think lars deserves a
computer :)
> > If this can work, it's really a great idea. It means that we could save
> > the donation money for, say, beer for the First US LyX conference.
>
> Or airfares for the same conference!
Well, if we're doing it that way, I say let's make the conference in
australia!
-Amir
