A mailing list for FLOSS-GPS community?

Joseph Reeves iknowjoseph at gmail.com
Thu Sep 18 18:16:08 CEST 2008


If there's enough interest in starting a mailing list we can host it @
openarchaeology.net

Let me know if that would be desired.

Joseph



On 18/09/2008, Brian Wilson <brian at wildsong.biz> wrote:
> I asked the maintainer of the freegis.org site if he knew of a list
>  targeted at gps and he did not.
>
>  I tried to post to the "GPS Software Hub" google group and the posting
>  is being held in the moderation queue. (Moderation is fine but someone
>  has to do the moderating so that the messages go out in a timely
>  fashion.) I don't have a good feeling about how that group is being
>  used and maybe we should not be hijacking it for software development.
>  It's had more of an end-user focus.
>
>  I am not a big fan of Google but I suggest hosting the list there
>  because it actually works quite well. I especially like the RSS
>  feature.
>
>  On the other hand OSGEO is a really good group, I like there projects
>  and people.
>  Mapserver, GRASS, QGIs ..
>
>  Flip a coin. You decide.
>
>  But can we not use the word "FLOSS" in the group description? That
>  just makes me think of dental hygiene.
>
>
>  Brian
>
>
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