Re: website for MISC -Reply

[Luis Commins <Luis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Uhhhh, nice one, but....taken, in the .org .net and .com domains. So far www.minima.org is winning out. I'll give it a week or so before the final tally, in case new suggestions pop in and it will give me time to go and buy it before I go on my hols.

Luis


>>> "Mike Simon" <mlsimon@mail.rkd.snds.com> 19/07/99 19:28:59 >>>
I like min which is the minimum of minimum.

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>>> Luis Commins <Luis@ucea.ac.uk> 19 July 1999 >>>
Cor!! I wasn't expecting anyone to offer cash for space!! I was thinking on the lines of members/contributors having free space. I can get a good deal on the name and some 20 MB of space, so I reckon initially there would be no charge as there wouldn't be that much stuff on the site, but it's a good point if we need to get more space.

Lloyd Prentice has offered space on his server, and the nice thing is that it would be managed and interactive, where I would only offer design and space. This isn't fully confirmed so don't all jump on him!! Then the site would be 'relocated' if there is enough flow of information.
Lloyd: are the 'tools' you mentioned platform specific? (ie: UNIX or other type of server only?)

Oh, 'www.minimal.org' is not taken either. I kinda like 'minimum.org', but we need a vote on this. I'll plump for the cash so that we can at least have it registered as soon as possible, soooooo VOTE NOW!! Any other name suggestions welcome, here are the possibles so far:

www.minimum.org
www.minima.org
www.minimal.org

VOTE NOW!!


Luis.


>>> David Cary <d.cary@ieee.org> 18/07/99 02:27:29 >>>

I think
  http://www.minimum.org
or
  http://www.minima.org
would be cool.

I would pay $4/month + $25 startup fee if I could put my web pages at
  http://www.minima.org/~cary
.
No direct telephone access, just let me FTP to upload files to my directory.

Has "www.minimal.org" been taken ?

>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:03:28 +0100
>From: Luis Commins <Luis@ucea.ac.uk>
>To: misc
>Subject: Re: RE: Chuck's SVFIG talk
...
>Much as a manifesto is a good thing I think the main issue/problem is
>gumption.
>It's nice to know what the group is aiming at but without the 'push' there
>is little we can shove the way of the general industry.
>If we can agree on some structure, and take charge of certain issues, we
>could go a long way. Lets get a website, lets think of applications in
>both hardware and software and flesh out the bones, MuP21, FPGA whatever,
>lets set up a central repository of information.
>Compare what we have with what we want and see how to get what we need.
...
>Poo, not another long email...anyway, all the .com, .org and .net variants
>of www.misc have been taken. www.minimum.org is NOT taken, if you all
>agree I can buy this name and set up a simple site to start with. I'd
>welcome other suggestions!!  For example: www.minima.org is free too.
>Please let me know as soon as possible, net names are very volatile.