Re: OK (was: Re: [...] free wiki [hosting] (was: Re: Blender…

>>     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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