Actually i wasnt asking you to change only commenting on your
assumption that everyone would get in line with a microsoft only
solution.
as far as finding an alternative, no i don't know of one. standing
on principle is never as easy as just going with the flow ;-)
jim
At 8:11 PM -0400 7/6/00, Richard Conn wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I did not call the 5% insignificant ... I said they have other ways of
>contributing.
>
>If you can find me an alternative that has all the features and
>functionality
>at the same zero cost and support a more open approach, I'm all ears.
>
>====================================
>Richard Conn, Principal Investigator
>Reuse Tapestry
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jim hopper [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 11:29 PM
>To: Richard Conn; [log in to unmask]
>Subject: RE: R_Conn invites you to join ASE LIBRARY, an MSN Web
>Community
>
>
>Richard,
>
>actually my reasons are mostly one of principle and partly practicability.
>
>On the practical i use a mac, and if it was as simple as changing to
>explorer it would annoy me but i might be able to deal. however, its
>not really that simple. msn is widely know to only fully support
>windows. to fully participate i would have to change computers,
>Operating systems etc. thats a lot to ask to participate in such an
>endeavor. People are free to use in my mind whatever technology they
>find most useful, so i am not begrudging your choice.
>
>on the principle side i belive strongly in diversity in how problems
>are solved. Microsoft has worked very hard to take freedom of choice
>away from us. unless people stand up and say look i will not
>participate in your technology as long as you commit these
>anti-social acts, they will continue to do it. there is an equivalent
>mac only technology for doing web sites file sharing etc. i would
>NEVER consider using it for anything but supporting the mac port of
>gnat, and probably not then.
>
>so please don't dismiss my concerns as "emotional" they are based
>upon a very strongly held position that Microsoft is trying their
>best to destroy! Look at what they are trying to propagate with their
>new language c# as just the latest attempt!
>
>You are correct you are a volunteer and as such its more than fair
>for you to use whatever technology you want. I was not questioning
>that right, only commenting on your statement that it wouldnt limit
>(and fragment) the ada world. we are small enough without excluding
>segments of our population and calling them insignificant.
>
>jim
>
>
>
>At 12:51 AM -0400 7/6/00, Richard Conn wrote:
>>Hi, Jim,
>>
>>Your position sounds more emotional than logical for a number of reasons,
>>but that's not the issue, really. The point really is that my move in
>>this direction will not stop anyone from collaborating if they wish,
>>and, as a volunteer, this move will put a pretty good supporting
>>infrastructure
>>under me that greatly reduces my overhead and workload while simultaneously
>>increasing the level of collaboration that is possible. I made an honest
>>attempt
>>to find a way to adapt this infrastructure while satisfying everyone,
>>including
>>the 5% that does not use Microsoft technology, and did not find a solution
>>in
>>a reasonable amount of time.
>>
>>If you can find an equivalent supporting infrastructure with the same level
>>of functionality and ease of use that addresses the entire audience, I'm
>>interested
>>in hearing about it. Good luck.
>>
>>Rick
>>====================================
>>Richard Conn, Principal Investigator
>>Reuse Tapestry
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: jim hopper [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 1:36 PM
>>To: Richard Conn; [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: R_Conn invites you to join ASE LIBRARY, an MSN Web
>>Community
>>
>>
>>At 4:53 PM -0400 7/5/00, Richard Conn wrote:
>>>Thanks for the update, Steve,
>>>
>>>It's looking more and more like users are at least at a partial
> >disadvantage
>>>if
>>>they use Netscape. In this weekend's experiments, we could not find any
>>way
>>>to
>>>use Netscape in the Community Chat Room (altho there is a Netscape add-in
>>>for
>>
>>
>>what else is new!
>>
>>>chat.msn.com, but that's not the same). However, service was very
>reliable
>>>(probably partially due to a load drop over the July 4 holiday). Some of
>>us
>>>had 3 hours worth of Chat Room time non-stop without interruption.
>>>
>>>Hopefully, being driven to Microsoft technologies for this site won't
>drive
>>>anyone away. Besides, there is always direct contact, but the resources
>of
>>>the Community take a lot of the work of collaboration away.
>>
>>Sorry i don't see the point of having to change my whole way of doing
>>business on the internet just to be part of this. not to mention if
>>you are on a unix box you have no choice but to use netscape. so yes
>>at least for me (and 2 or 3 other people i know) this will keep us
>>from collaborating. to me its not collaboration if i have to be
>>coorced into using the tools someone else prefers. its your site and
>>you are perfectly free (and i am sure will) disregard this ;-)
>>
>>jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thanks again,
>>>Rick
>>>====================================
>>>Richard Conn, Principal Investigator
>>>Reuse Tapestry
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)
>>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Stephen Schwarm
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:43 AM
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: R_Conn invites you to join ASE LIBRARY, an MSN Web
>>>Community
>>>
>>>
>>>Richard Conn wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi, Jim,
>>>>
>>>> What kind of problem led you to that conclusion? I carefully checked
>>out
>>>> the
>>>> site from a UNIX system running Netscape, and it worked fine. I know
>of
>>>at
>>>> least
>>>> one UNIX/Netscape user who has joined the community.
>>>>
>>>> >From what I've been able to tell, you have to use Microsoft
>>technologies
>>>to
>>>> MANAGE these communities, but you do not need them to JOIN and
>>>participate.
>>>>
>>>> Rick
>>>> ====================================
>>>> Richard Conn, Principal Investigator
>>>> Reuse Tapestry
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of jim hopper
>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 9:58 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: R_Conn invites you to join ASE LIBRARY, an MSN Web
>>>> Community
>>>>
>>>> thanks for the invite, but either the url below is wrong or its as
>>>> usual with MS windows only.
>>>>
>>>> jim
>>>>
>>>> At 6:18 AM -0700 7/1/00, User @ MSN Web Communities wrote:
>>>> >R_Conn invites you to join the following MSN Web Community:
>>>> >
>>>> >ASE Library
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>>>> >
>>>> >R_Conn wrote you this personal note:
>>>> >
>>>> >You are cordially invited to visit and/or join the ASE Library
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>>>> If you wish to strive for peace of soul then believe;
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>>>I had a little trouble with Netscape 4.7 on a Sun but I did get it to
>>>work. I got a bunch of 404 errors but it would the find the page on the
>> >next try. I do have a fast connection so that my have something to do
>>>with it. I'll have to try it from home.
>>>
>>>I probably doesn't work any better with IE :-)
>>>
>>>Steve
>>
>>--
>>If you wish to strive for peace of soul then believe;
>>if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.
>> -- Friedrich Nietzsche
>
>--
>If you wish to strive for peace of soul then believe;
>if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.
> -- Friedrich Nietzsche
--
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