Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-08-22 Thread Valerio Bruno
Jonathon Suggs wrote: > Now, the title of this thread is "OK, the forum is coming.." because I > thought that someone was going to set one up on at least until > FIC/OpenMoko created an official one. You can find our forum in http://forums.makeopensource.com/index.php . Bye _

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-26 Thread Valerio Bruno
Andreas Kostyrka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now, a newbie forum is fine, do as you like. Although one might argue > that you are splitting the community in two. > The problem is that you need a communication tool that is appropriate > for newbies. And it must be appropriate for power user, or y

Re: [Fwd: Re: OK, the forum is coming..]

2007-07-24 Thread Valerio Bruno
Sebastian Krause ha scritto: > Valerio Bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I don't think that google provides nntp, but you can ask gmane to >>> create an nntp gateway. >> I'm trying gmane nntp interface to community list and it doesn't support

[Fwd: Re: OK, the forum is coming..]

2007-07-23 Thread Valerio Bruno
Messaggio Originale Oggetto: Re: OK, the forum is coming.. Data: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:14:31 +0200 Da: Valerio Bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Niels L. Ellegaard ha scritto: > Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> And people who remember the term &quo

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-22 Thread Valerio Bruno
Daniel Robinson ha scritto: > The COGS on this phone should be around $100-110. FIC will make money, > but won't make a lot of money unless they sell a lot of them. They are > leveraging their expertise, manufacturing, and if they manufacture > something that doesn't sell, that is wasted manufact

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-22 Thread Valerio Bruno
Giles Jones ha scritto: > The number of these users can me minimised by having a very good manual. This is false imho. > I know that people don't read manuals often but that's because > troubleshooting sections are always stuck at the back. Have a special > separate troubleshooting manual and the

Re: An idea for an advertisement

2007-07-22 Thread Valerio Bruno
Andy Powell ha scritto: > On Saturday 21 July 2007 08:18, Sudharshan S wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have an idea for an advertisement featuring Openmoko. Be gentle with >> the flames though. > > I particularly liked the 'Hello World' part ... :D > > I had something in mind that was rather simplistic bu

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-22 Thread Valerio Bruno
Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I like Invision but a properly managed phpBB is nice, too. Only had bad > experiences with the ones that weren't kept up to date.What will happen if an > official forum is being made? Are you prepared to move all the content (and > possibly software) o

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-21 Thread Valerio Bruno
Sebastian Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Not for me because it doesn't provide a threaded view, scoring > etc. I don't understand your sentence. Forums haven't threaded view ?! Anyway... > And btw, you actually *can* already use this list as a web forum if > you want, and actually in a

OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-21 Thread Valerio Bruno
i'm tired to read discussion about forum is good or bad. i think is good: - can be a central point for new users (users NOT developers) - following a thread in a forum it's a lot simpler - it can have email notification for reply - could be a central point for developers too! - other motivations