Re: OT: green vehicles

2009-07-30 Thread Brian Chabot
Bill McGonigle wrote: On 07/28/2009 12:48 PM, Brian Chabot wrote: Their Air Pod looks nifty. Wow, the range is more than I would have guessed. The secret seems to be a combination between a super-efficient engine and multiple 175 liter carbon-fiber composite air tanks that can each be

Re: OT: green vehicles

2009-07-30 Thread Thomas Charron
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Brian Chabotbr...@datasquire.net wrote: Alan Johnson wrote: For now, my dream is to build a tiny one-seater car with electric bike parts and my neighbor's welding skills.  If I could get 40Mph, and 20mi/charge, it would be the perfect car for my commute. I'm

melodrama at CentOS?

2009-07-30 Thread Michael ODonnell
Anybody know anything beyond what's mentioned in this open letter to CentOS's Lance Davis signed by a number of key CentOS players? http://www.centos.org/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: melodrama at CentOS?

2009-07-30 Thread Michael ODonnell
Anybody know anything beyond what's mentioned in this open letter to CentOS's Lance Davis signed by a number of key CentOS players? http://www.centos.org/ Ah. Some further info here: http://www.h-online.com/open/Growing-unrest-within-the-CentOS-project--/news/113889

Re: melodrama at CentOS?

2009-07-30 Thread Shawn O'Shea
A number of the developers have posted some information on their personal blogs. The CentOS Planet has a number of them in their aggregation: http://planet.centos.org/ -Shawn On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote: Anybody know anything beyond

Re: melodrama at CentOS?

2009-07-30 Thread Ben Scott
Sounds like they had one person (Lance Davis) who was the sole operator for certain key resources (namely the domain name and the Paypal donation account), and he's gone inactive. This is why GNHLUG has a Board of Directors. Disorganized, slow, and ineffectual we may be, but there's more

Re: melodrama at CentOS?

2009-07-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
I heard he is visiting Hans Reiser :-) On 07/30/2009 11:36 AM, Michael ODonnell wrote: Anybody know anything beyond what's mentioned in this open letter to CentOS's Lance Davis signed by a number of key CentOS players? http://www.centos.org/ -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston

Re: melodrama at CentOS?

2009-07-30 Thread Bill McGonigle
Seems like the key issue is control of the domain name, which was taken 'private registration' a few months ago. Without it, the project can't keep their commitment to their users of n years worth of updates. So, trust and brand value are at risk. I suspect their PayPal account can be written

Re: melodrama at CentOS?

2009-07-30 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Bill McGonigleb...@bfccomputing.com wrote: ... control of the domain name ... So, trust and brand value are at risk. That, and the massive organizational clusterfsck that would ensue if they had to switch to a different domain name. Everyone from the top down