Re: website for MISC

[Luis Commins <Luis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ermmm.... all the www.misc. domains have been taken (.org, .net and .com).
I did say it was open to suggestions!!
It's a good point though, about searching for informatiom, it's not a 'different' enough name and it does turn up in a lot of maths references ('minima') This applies to the single key word search, which I suppose is the more common.
I had thought of a different name, though I don't think it would be easy to search through either, it is www.<.org (ie: the 'less than' symbol which is an idea that came to mind in case we went for a logo) ...even www.m.org is already registered...
(Some other ideas I had, for the curious: Negative expansion (www.negex) Inverse Expansion (www.invex) BitByBit and CodaMinima, a combination of Fox and Moore, even the name of a 'minimalist' artist would do!!)

I suppose we're not going to get a unanimous agreement, but even if you don't like the name then at least choose one that you could be 'happy' with, it may even grow on you.

Luis.


>>> "Graeme Dunbar" <G.R.A.Dunbar@eee.rgu.ac.uk> 19/07/99 11:07:17 >>>
I may be going against the flow, but hasn't anyone else noticed 
that though Forth is a cute name it is an absolute sod when it 
comes to searching for information on whether it is in a library or on 
on the web. The same applies to minima, minimal or minimum. 
What is wrong with www.misc.....?

On 19 Jul 99, at 10:08, Luis Commins wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 



        Regards,
            Graeme

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