I had considered that, but I couldn't think of a way that site owners could maintain absolute control over the propogation of their lists.
This seems to call for a central repository.... wheras I don't want any central repository. Now, I know at the base level, Usenet works in just the opposite view, where admins have complete control - but I don't know if there are any user friendly admin tools for usenet[I know I can admin it....just not sure if it ever came into the GUI age of admin] On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Steve Manes <sma...@magpie.com> wrote: > Gary Mort wrote: > >> The specific usage scenario I envision is to allow schools that follow >> similiar philosophies[basically following an open source model to organizing >> and running the school, where students are part of the process not passive >> receivers of the process. Two example of this would be the Brooklyn Free >> School, http://www.brooklynfreeschool.org/ and my childrens school, the >> Hudson Valley Sudbury School, http://www.hudsonvalleyschool.org/] to >> share information and discuss issues at both the student level and at the >> staff and assembly level. >> > > I built something like this for PBS in the early 90s. It was called > Learning Link and it was a software network of 70+ PBS stations and schools. > What I did was leverage Usenet and INN by creating a hierarchy of private > local and regional newsgroups that a site could subscribe to. > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation >
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