On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Ng Kai Hoe Raymond wrote:
> Alf wrote:
> > I think SLP needs a big waking up. We have had minimal progress thru the
> > months, and we've had contributions from our own editors only! I thought
> This statement is ALMOST tautological, to the extent of
> being needless to SAY. A person is by default an editor when
> he contributes, so the statement that contribution is only from
> own editors is AUTOMATICALLY true, so what is alf trying
> to say?
Then why are you pulling in editors ? You're the one MAKING
editors by asking people to write articles....
> > it was t be an open site ? I dun see an interface for ppl to post their
> > views yet.... I beg you guys to remember our original vision of SLP being
> > an OpenSource/Linux Portal.
> YES IT IS! I have begged you all to do the BBS, didn't I? How
> many are doing it? YOU? Did you do anything to incorporate a
> slashdot like bbs into the portal. When that is done, the portal will
> run by itself without us doing anything. HOW MANY have listened
> to me? YOU? I have told you all that the BBS will also function
> as a file exchange area, did not I? (Please do not tell me that you
> have forgotten, I do not take nicely to that, as I did not take nicely
> to you not even knowing that linux.org.sg was owned by LUGS).
Dunno.. U assume we knew...
> I need to do so many administrative and marketing stuff that I nearly
> do not have time for anything else, other than high level project
> management. Now the top of my list is the keyboard evaluation,
> Eugene has to do evaluation on SuSE. Only a couple is left to do
> the slashdot like BBS. DID YOU DO ANYTHING TO HELP?
I find your rush for the review more of a rush for fame, you are
rushing out articles before the site is even ready....
> If you want something in the Portal, DO IT YOURSELF, for god
> sake. Stop complaining. If you can do a better job planning all the
> marketing, recruitment and administrative issues, YOU TAKE
> OVER ME. I have enough of your whinings.
I can't, w/o you there is no SLP... coz u are SLP :)
I've no need for such fame for nw... *grin*
> The vision has all along been there, I have laid down already in
> "Work In Progress" what is needed to be done to reach those ideals.
> Have YOU executed those plans? We know what is needed, Have
> YOU done anything to do those?
Maybe u didn't realise... I'm supposed to setup the ftp/mirroring
stuff.. which I have.. except YOUR DEAR F!@#IN hardwarezone decides to
give us a server that is not only SLOW, it now doesn't even let us do our
miroring !!!
> > Can u guys make it for a meeting this SAturday ? I hope to meet u ppl b4
> > my meeting for the SLC2K.. maybe we cn meet 9am at International Plaza
> > Coffee bean ? We can have breakast and at least draw out the work plan for
> > SLP.
> We have a work plan for SLP. We KNOW that a forum needs to be
> constructed. YOUR JOB is to execute those plans. If you have a better
> plan, propose it here.
I JUST PROPOSE A PLAN TO MEET!! READ MY MAIL !
> > Anyway.. I've already begn designs for a discussion forum/project
> > management site for OpenSource project. Slated for openning this
> > mid-september, it will be a place for programmers to meet and share
> > ideas/projects among themselves in an open fashion... I was always hoping
> > SLP will have such an area, but i have waited too long... I'm still
> We are supposed to have this area, LONG LONG TIME
> ago.
Hey, you can't rush nature.. as you quoted darwin b4, "things will
find it's way..."
Elvin
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