From: schlote@ips106.desy.de (Hans Werner Schlote) Subject: Re: Registry of ongoing projects Date: 21 Jul 1992 21:32:58 GMT
In article <1992Jul21.173622.23652@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
> I was reading the flamefest on the deficiencies of Linux, and I got to
> wondering if anybody was working on adding ATI support to the X-windows
> stuff, and if anybody was working on adding 32-bit SCSI support, and so
> on and so forth.
There is some guy working on ATI support right now. Excuse, don't
have his name in mind.
> It also occurred to me that multiple people might be working on the same
> project (unknowingly) and duplicating each other's work. So I thought it
> might be a Good Idea (patent pending) to start a registry of on-going
> Linux projects. I don't know if one exists, but I'd be more than happy
> to run it if it doesn't (well, I can't program worth beans in C or
> assembly language, and I'd like to do something to contribute to this
> _*EXCELLENT*_ OS -- Thanks a million, Linus).
Same from me. I think you should post your projects to Linus.
But a database wouldn't be a bad idea in my opinion.
> So whaddya think? We could have the programmers out there send me a message
> stating what their project is, what the status of it is, etc, and I could
> summarize and post a List of Ongoing Projects, perhaps in conjunction with
> the FAQ (which'll be "fortnightly", according to the latest version).
What about a database-system like NED (NASA/IPAC database on
extragalactic objects at caltech). Guest login without passwd,
simply with autostarting the database for getting the informations?
Opinions, comments, ideas?
Think it's a good idea.
have a nice hack
harvey
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