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[Don Parris]

Here's the link to James Thompson's article on churches & illegal software:

http://www.libervis.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=17


On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:56:22 -0600, N. Thompson <n.thomp at sasktel.net> wrote:
> You could have something like a community blog, it seems most news sites like
> OSNews and Slashdot are a good example of what I have in mind. I'd be glad to
> contribute when I have the time and if it gets more visitors then my own blog
> then it would also be a great place for me to publish my distribution lists
> now that uptime is gone.
> 
> I most certainly do think there is enough news, since I'm already contributing
> to Ark Linux I could always give you some ideas of whats going on there if
> you want to mention it. Also Fred seems to know of a lot of news items that
> you won't find on the mainstream news and as I recall Groundhog used to write
> short reviews of software on his own site. Josiah and a few others in the
> list use Gentoo so they would have access to a lot of software before the
> rest of us and might be able to write previews of new features in software
> that hasn't yet made it into the latest stable distribution releases. If we
> still don't have enough news we could always do like what OSNews and Slashdot
> do and write a short summary and link to another interesting news article, I
> know I'd be more then happy to share my interest in custom computers and case
> mods with visitors on the site.
> 
> Why not float this idea around the list a while longer and see if others are
> enthusiastic as myself, I'd much rather have news sites with good Christian
> morals and moderators that share those morals then read my news on sites like
> OSNews and Slashdot where the content can get your computer privileges
> suspended at school if you accidentally come across an inappropriate post
> while the teachers are watching over your shoulders.
> 
> 
> 
> On December 13, 2004 08:03 pm, Bradly McConnell wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:33:08 -0500, Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I'm just curious, does anyone think a Christian FOSS news/portal site
> > > is needed at this time?  Do you think there is enough "news" to
> > > warrant it?  There certainly are enough Christian FOSS projects to
> > > consider the idea.  But what about about a slahdot/christdot-styled
> > > site?
> >
> > Fred should concur with this idea, since he is our dedicated news anchor :)
> 
> hehe , Fred does post a lot of news to the list but in his defence it can also
> be interesting news that the mainstream channels don't cover, I don't have a
> problem with his news since he's done a good job of following the list rules
> concerning how to handle the subject lines on different content.
> 
> 
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