you poor, poor martyr. On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:56 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. < [email protected]> wrote:
> How many programmers, and system administrators do you think there are > world wide? If you a techy want to chat with another techy about > technology or a specific technology. Where would you go, and what > technology would you use? > > Would you look for a projects or developers Facebook page and try to > chat with them there? What if they don't have a Facebook page or > otherwise. How do you reach said developer or interact with said > community in real time? > > "IRC was created in 1988. Client software is now available for every > major operating system that supports Internet access. As of April 2011, > the top 100 IRC networks served more than half a million users at a > time, with hundreds of thousands of channels operating on a total of > roughly 1,500 servers out of roughly 3,200 servers worldwide." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat > > Again how many people do you think work in technology world wide? Many > more people do not work in technology. Thus while half a million seems > small compared to say Facebooks 500 million or what ever their at now > account wise. That encompasses a much larger community. Yes IRC can be > used for anything, but most non tech people do not use IRC. > > Heck just from polling the JaxLUG its clear many people in IT in > Jacksonville think IRC is thing of the past, and no relevance in modern > day technology or community building. > > Ignorance is bliss, but I haven't time for that silliness. After all its > not like this is an area known for technology, and peoples comments show > how this area is also severely lacking in tech culture as well. > Definitely an uphill battle, and almost like peeing in the wind. > > Ever wonder why first thing Facebook did was move to Palo Alto. What if > they didn't? Why did I leave California thinking that the mindset could > be transplanted else where. Man I am a fool :) > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. > Obsidian-Studios, Inc. > http://www.obsidian-studios.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > -- --- Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Open Standards!
