Heh - you wouldn't happen to have those 10 names from March '98 would you ? :-)
nikk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arun Sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <linux-india-general@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:22 AM Subject: [LIG] History >[ Attending foss.in 2006 this week ] > > Meeting some of the early people who used to hang out on the list and > reading through the wikipedia page > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_India) > it sounds like there is some uncertainity about the precise dates and > the events that lead to the creating of this list. > > I spent a few minutes sifting through the web to come up with more precise > data and here's what I found: > > a) The list started in late 1997 > > IIRC, KD and I hooked up via: > > GLUE: Groups of Linux users everywhere > http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue [ URL no longer accessible ] > > We had 10 subscribers in March 1998. > http://limestone.uoregon.edu/woven/lugww/IN.html > > We announced it on comp.os.linux.announce in July 1998. > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/comp.os.linux.announce/volume98/Jul/980715.02.gz > > b) Places where the list was hosted and administered: > > 1997-Nov 1999: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Arun Sharma > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Nov 1999 - Apr 2001: aunet.org, linux-india.org (first majordomo, then > mailman) - Thaths ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Apr 2001 - now: sourceforge.net (thaths, raju, devdas bhagat and anyone > else I may have missed - please correct me) > > grandteton.cs.uiuc.edu: My desktop machine in the university (A 200 MHz > PPro). Once I graduated from school and moved out, it was given to other > students, but they continued to let me have access so I could administer > the lists. > > It was hosted in thath's bedroom for the next two years before moving to > SF. > > -Arun > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Linux-india-general mailing list > Linux-india-general@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linux-india-general mailing list Linux-india-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general
