IRC ????

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

> On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 03:50:08PM -0400, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> > On April 25, 2005 15:02, billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Since we are going through and revamping the web page, I would like to
> > > know if anyone out there is interested in setting up an irc daemon for
> > > TLUG. We have the hardware to host such a beast, but I am looking for a
> > > volunteer to set up and configure their favourite irc daemon, and
> > > possibly several some irc bots.
> >
> > This goes back to the question that has been floating around "What is the
> > purpose of TLUG?" What need would a TLUG IRC channel meet that is not
> > being met today by the plethora of channels that are already out there?
> > If I wanted help on Mandrake or Debian, for example, jumping on #tlug
> > would not be the first thing that came to mind. There are many distro
> > specific channels right now and some distro neutral channels so I think
> > those needs are already being met. The same goes for languages,
> > databases, and various other tools.

On April 25, 2005 16:05, billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Perhaps everybody hasn't figured this out yet, but I'm not asking for a
> philosophical discussion, I'm asking for a volunteer. I don't care if there
> are a billion linux channels on a thousand servers.
>
> If you don't wish to volunteer don't bother answering this post.

And perhaps you have not figured this out yet but dictating who should or 
should not respond to a message or what are suitable topics for discussion or 
not, is not up to you, or me for that matter.

If we cannot articulate why this is important and how this meets some unmet 
need, why should anyone volunteer? How would this IRC channel differ from the 
one that already exists, #toronto-lug, which I have visited before but never 
found particularly useful? Just because it can be done is not a good enough 
reason to do it. Why not just point people to existing channels, like 
##linux, #debian, #gentoo, #fedora, #mandrake, #toronto-lug, #whatever for 
help.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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