Another idea for blinux reorganisation.

Another idea for blinux reorganisation.

[Hans Zoebelein]

Hi blinux subscriber,

the volume of postings to blinux-list has grown real fast as 
this little statistics shows:

Month      Postings
Jul 1997   60  
Aug 1997   56
Sept 1997  59
Oct 1997   69
Nov 1997   92
Dec 1997  133
Jan 1998  177

Blinux list is taking off with a growth rate of about 33% per month.
Main problem with these high volume postings is, that it gets more
difficult to find the stuff a subscriber is interested in. 

Now I'm claiming something which I cannot prove, but what I think is true:
We have three groups of subscribers: One big group is formed by people who
are (interested in) running their own Linux box. 
Another, smaller group are people, who are doing development of software,
usable for the blind Linux user. 
A third group are people, who might not run their own Linux box,
but are interested in how Blinux is doing. They are in contact with people
who are blind or are involved with Linux in general.

Jude Dashiell <dashiell@clark.net> suggested to me to expand blinux-list
into 3 lists, which in my opinion would help all blinux subscribers to
take the most advantage out of blinux. 

The three lists would be:
blinux-announce
blinux-tech
blinux-list

Blinux-announce is used to post announcements of new soft/hardware
concerning blind support for Linux. Blinux-announce is a low volume,
high density list. You get the results which came into life through 
blinux project (and other related activities). If you don't have the 
time to wade through hundreds of postings, blinux-announce is made for you.

Blinux-tech is a place for people who know how to code or who have 
ideas how a piece of software should look like. Blinux-tech is 
a relatively low volume, relatively high density list. It serves as a 
platform to discuss the hard, cold facts of software development for the 
Linux user who is blind.

And last but not leasr nlinux-list. It is the list as it is today minus
the technical software development stuff and the announcements. A high
volume list which deals with installing and running software for the Linux
user who is blind. 

Please contribute. What you think about this split?

Enjoy!
Hans



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Re: Another idea for blinux reorganisation.

[kq6po]

Hello,
I believe that a split in the list would be a good move.  I am new to
linux and am thinking of installing it on my computer.  I need simple, and
streight forward advice about linux and blind support of it.  I think a
simple list like you describe would be good for those who are going
through the same things I am.  Perhaps some day I would be interested in
the development side of blinux, but first i need to get up and running.
Thank you,
Mike

>From Sacramento to the world
Mike:  KQ6Po
Natalie:  KF6LDV