Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 15:35:43 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: re who wants thought.org post from last nightt... Message-ID: <20130508223543.GA16673@ethic.thought.org>
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guys,
I was pleasantly surprised at the responses, so far--obv'ly--
all privately responded to. I'll get back to everybody in the
next couple/few days. I am just finishing up my VBC that I plan
to give to that OLPC project out of MIT; my shoulder feels like
it's falling off, so I thought id send this to those five or so
who are interested.
first, im hoping that you gents are fairly patient. meaning that
altho my hacking daze are winding down and I feel like warmed
over dog-do, I'm not quite ready to give up thought.org just yet.
for one thing, im not sure what career my daughter will take; and
even if she does choose comp-sci, she may have zero interest in
messing with my domain. that said, when I do give it up in
a few years, I hope to have made a good choice.
second, I'm still trying to figure out what the best thing to do
=is=. good: the caffeine pills are kicking in:) --about the only
thing id ask is that thought.org AKA Thought Unlimited be dedicated
to the unix realm. that's unix as in UNIX{TM, C, &c}, every distro
of linujx, every distro of BSD ... you get the idea. ---hate to
find some very fine print like: "thought.org is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of microsoft!" hidden away. I {along with a bunch of
other volunteers} spend years answering newbie questions for folk
who were interested in the unix paradigm but had no idea where to
start. whoever takes over can surely do much more along those
lines if he wishes. (a parenthetical note is that when I was
sweating my way thru cal, about 30% of the computer classes were
female! I keep wondering what ever happened to all the girls! )
what else? oh yeah, cost. no charge. no essays, no "tell me
in 25 words or less... ." the one thing I've always appreciated
about the freebsd list[s] is the tenor of its membership. same
goes for the rest of the Nix groups. I would be much obliged for
suggested input.
enough for now
gary
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Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix
Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.
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