Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-16 Thread Hans-Peter Zorn
Hi, Now that the archives are accessible this is all a non-issue. It's just that I've been irritated because most other projects I know of are interested in getting users into development and make getting involved as easy as possible. Of course there are off-topic posts and trolls on

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-15 Thread Ted Ozolins
Terry Dawson wrote: I'm sure when there is some concensus that we have a stable set of kernel support and tools, ie when the development slows a bit, that the list will be made public. I just don't think we're ready for that just yet. Terry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-15 Thread Terry Dawson
On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 10:22:11AM +0300, Tomi Manninen OH2BNS wrote: Quoting Hessu's original announcement of the dev-hams list: Following recent discussion it was decided to publish the existence of the list, and make the mailing list archive available for anyone to read. snip

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-14 Thread Julian Munoz Dominguez
Heikki Hannikainen wrote: Following recent discussion it was decided to publish the existence of the list, and make the mailing list archive available for anyone to read. Thank you very much for doing public this interesting information. Although I don't understand why the classical scheme

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-13 Thread Charles E. Gelm
Developers make the bats, balls and gloves (baseball) and yet the users want to take part in creating/changing the rules of the game. I get the impression that the developers know what the users need do not wish to be emcumbered by the expressed wishes, wants or needs of the users (read

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-13 Thread Terry Dawson
On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 08:22:35PM +, Julian Munoz Dominguez wrote: I hope the rest of the dev-hams subscribees don't mind me speaking on their behalf, but to be on the safe side assume that the contents of this message are my opinion only, although I'm fairly confident the others would

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-13 Thread Craig Small
Julian Munoz Dominguez said: Heikki Hannikainen wrote: Following recent discussion it was decided to publish the existence of the list, and make the mailing list archive available for anyone to read. Although I don't understand why the classical scheme in other areas will not work in

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-12 Thread Karl F. Larsen
you quote me out of context and I was not complaining about the IRS. I was HAPPY to say that the money I spend on that list is treated as a business expense. That, if you don't know, saves me money. On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Fred Macinster wrote: I cannot resist. Whinning about the IRS.

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-11 Thread Karl F. Larsen
I run a couple of lists, and one is a busines. The business list is limited to those who I do business with. I pay to have the list and it's a business expense according to the IRS. The other is a list I get free and it is a Linux User List (SNMLUG) and anyone can join this

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-11 Thread Fred Macinster
I cannot resist. Whinning about the IRS. Man do you re-use your stamps as well? Stop bitching. No wonder Ham Radio is on death's doorstep. Makes me sick to tell people I am one when I see this sort of stuff. I run a couple of lists, and one is a busines. The business list is limited to

Re: ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-10 Thread Hans-Peter Zorn
Quoting Heikki Hannikainen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Subscription is by invitation only: someone already on the list can publicly suggest inviting someone, and if no-one objects, the person will be asked if he/she is interested in joining. This has kept the list quite small with about 20

ANNOUNCE: dev-hams mailing list

1999-08-08 Thread Heikki Hannikainen
Hello, The dev-hams mailing list was set up a few years ago to provide a discussion list for linux-hams software developers, with a better signal-to-noise ratio better than on this list. It was thought to be necessary, because some developers were thinking of unsubscribing the list due to