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>     I appreciate the brainstorming, and at one point I considered something
> along these lines.  However, having an electrical background, computer
> science comes naturally to me.  I built a raid 5 data server, a raid 1 web
> server, a router, and 4 workstations.  With the web server running raid 1
> and occasionally backed up to the raid 5 data server, I believe the data
> should be adequately backed up.  I am having a few problems with
> implementing the software which I was hoping someone would help me with,
> but, no worries either way.  I will eventually learn how to over come any
> obstacle that is in front of me.
>     I do not mean to be insensitive, I know that if I work alone on this
> project it might very well take me the rest of my life, and that would not
> be in the spirit of linux.  To me the spirit of linux is us working together
> to over come obstacles that we would not be able to over come by ourselves.
> I also know that when people volunteer on a project they like to feel that
> their opinion counts, (and it should count).  However, the project manager
> (the person dedicated to seeing the project all the way from beginning to
> end) must be the guiding hand, in order to give the project stability and
> direction.  To me, this is especially true with linux, where there are some
> ways of doing the same thing.

>  I also have an idea -- a suggestion to check out the free wiki [hosting]
> service available at
>    http://www.wikispaces.com/site/pricing
> but since it is also outside the scope of the "day and time" thread, I
> decided to create this sub-thread or "branch".
>     If the BlenderCAD initiative does need (well, if it could use) a wiki,
> then I think this might save some hassle, -- of running / managing a server.
>    Of course, if the BlenderCAD initiative were some kind of proprietary
> company project, then maybe some of the ideas on the wiki might be trade
> secrets or not-yet-patented inventions, or something -- so then, it
> might not be appropriate to keep the [wiki] info on someone else's server;
>  but since this is more like a non-profit cooperative joint venture to
> create / improve some FLOSS (isn't it?) therefore, this ["free" wiki] idea
> should be OK.  (right?)
> --
> Mike Schwartz
> Glendale  AZschwartz@acm.org

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