anybody willing to bankroll and jumpstart this initiative again?
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Ian C. Sison wrote:
> > > this looks like it's roughly covered by the posf mailing list. you may have to
> > > ask ian and the other guys for the details though.
> > >
> > well the posf list have been very inactive now. i think the list will be
> > desolved soon unless there is another use for it.
> >
>
> POSF [phil. open source foundation] was (and still is) a good idea; we had
> quite some momentum quite a while back, but really, without good backers
> with $$$ and people who can make time to run it full time, it won't take
> off...
>
> Maybe with IBM being so close to open source we can make something off
> it...?
>
>
>
> > > hth,
> > > -eric
> > >
> > > On Thu, 01 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Maybe we should also start another mailing list that deals solely with
> > > > Linux/Free Software advocacy and analysis of the issues surrounding Linux
> > > > and the Free Software Movement in general, i.e. a local
> > > > comp.os.linux.advocacy list. Tackling of technical issues there should be
> > > > limited to how these technical issues relate to the main topic of the
> > > > list. In other words, a list that discusses more of the *whys* rather
> > > > than the *hows* of Linux and the Free Software community.
> > > >
> > > > Could be useful for journalists and other non-technical people who want to
> > > > keep abreast of the state and progress of Linux and Free Software in the
> > > > Philippines, and for those of us who like to rant about the issues we
> > > > hackers hold near and dear to their hearts!
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