Starting to veer off topic: for years I've wanted and tried to work on Q&A systems so it would be easier to get questions (especially FAQ's) answered via machine as much as possible. Here's a perfect example of what such a system was for.
Al On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been very impressed by how quickly members of the group jump in > to help on most issues. It is very gratifying to be involved with > such a talented group! > > I wish I could take a month or to off just to help catalog and index > all the great solutions in a way that would benefit the group the > most. > > -Owen > > On Jul 27, 4:31 pm, Albert Chou <[email protected]> wrote: > > Community is of paramount importance in the Apache Software Foundation's > way > > of working, so bravo to Hobo for being similarly inclined! Sometimes it > can > > be annoying to have to worry about community support rather than just > code > > quality, but ultimately, code without a community will die on the vine. > > > > Al > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Chris Apolzon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Matt- > > > On behalf of all the lowly leechers and users of the team's > framework, > > > we'd like to say thank YOU. You have made it all happen, and although > there > > > are a few outliers who may think its not beautiful, Hobo is a > wonderfully > > > useful and extremely well-supported project. I can't tell you how > happy I > > > get when I see that you or any other core contributor responds to > someone's > > > post. > > > And it never seems to matter the level of complexity in the question. > It > > > would be so easy to look at the cursory questions and say, "oh someone > else > > > will figure that one out". > > > > > And now I end this rambling smattering of compliments and return to the > > > real world to do "work". > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Found in passing whilst tracking down the Sam Ruby talk's slides: > > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/tumbolia/browse_thread/thread/4a5e8ed2. > .. > > > > >> Relevant quote: > > > > >> It slowly occurred to me that free software misses the point, and so > does > > >>> open source. It isn’t about enforcing freedoms and political agendas. > It > > >>> isn’t about more eyes for shallow bugs. It’s about community. Without > a > > >>> throng of decent, friendly people who are open to new ideas, > discussion, and > > >>> who enjoy collaborating and helping each other, a project like this > is > > >>> nothing. A good community can make up for poor documentation, and > lack of > > >>> features. A good community can make up for anything! > > > > >> As we continue to improve the Hobo docs and fix bugs, I wanted to > thank > > >> everyone on the list for making the Hobo community work well. Even the > folks > > >> who are just starting out and post, "It hurts when I do *this*!" are > more > > >> helpful than I can explain. > > > > >> Thanks again to everybody! :) > > > > >> --Matt Jones > > > > >> (PS: it's all "Deadliest Catch"'s fault. Watching the aftermath of the > > >> (real) death of a person you've seen on TV for six years is enough to > make > > >> anybody a little misty. :) ) > > > > >> -- > -- Nothing is impossible to the person who doesn't have to do it himself. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
