Re: A2 FAQ collectives now available

[bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major)]

Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat <GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH> wrote:

> > >http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQ/ 209.100.61.57/A2.FAQ/
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Some of you know that Mr. Turley and I are not close friends, but I'll try
> anyway. For once, this is not a flame but something I mean seriously.
> 
> Can't we just put the FAQs - whether they come from Nathan or someone else
> - into a place that is not affiliated with a person, like the ftp site of
> uiowa (ground or grind or what it is called these days).

This has already been mentioned and will be at least one of the homes
for the new FAQ(s) from my understanding.  They definitely need to be in
the public domain, and need to be in a public place, you're absolutely
right.

> 
> Another solution would that every author of a FAQ kept his FAQ on his
> *own* system and a public site would just serve as a hub to these separate
> FAQs.
> 
> None of the people involved in those ongoing flamewars should get control
> over the FAQs, me included. Just put them somewhere where they're just
> sitting idle, waiting to be read by newbies while the bad old boys are
> smashing their heads. *If* you're going to create new FAQs, do it right
> this time.

I think it will be done right this time.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> henrik


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