[GEM Development] Did the LIST get this REPLY? [WAS: Re: Current status and future? and wiki's database lock]

[Thomas Clayton]

I just sent a reply to Jose AND all of you
 but 'hitting' the REPLY button didn't get  gem-dev at simpits.org
put into the "To:" line! Hmmm.



--- On Wed, 10/1/08, José Emilio Mori Recio <joemmore at archivalladolid.org> wrote:

> From: José Emilio Mori Recio <joemmore at archivalladolid.org>
> Subject: [GEM Development] Current status and future? and wiki's database lock
> To: gem-dev at simpits.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 6:58 PM
> Hi again. I'm glad to see all the answers after my
> message, and the wiki2
> back working. Thank you all.
> 
> So, I'll wait until the end of the year for news on
> OpenGEM 7 and the update
> of Shane's site and its documentation and code.
> Meanwhile, I think a more
> updated (currently, no updates for more than a year),
> comprehensive and
> complete wiki, and an updated and extended FAQ about
> GEM/OpenGEM/FreeGEM
> shared by all the GEM sites (at least, the ones whose
> maintainers are
> subscribed here; almost all, I hope) could be very useful
> to get more people
> involved in the project.
> 
> I have tried to begin that task, but when trying to create
> an account at the
> wiki2, the answer was "the database is currently
> locked..." because "This is
> the read-only mirror site; to edit pages, please use the
> primary mirror on
> wiki.freegem.net..." but the primary mirror won't
> work, so I'm stuck there.
> Anyone can fix that?
> 
> I have also read and visited the G-GUI project, which is
> interesting, but
> I'm afraid it means more splitting of the efforts... I
> don't think there is
> "market" for a lot of graphic environments over
> DOS, and I think GEM should
> be the one to support because of its history and programs
> already available.
> If there isn't much going on in enhancements, as Owen
> said, I think it would
> be important to coordinate and join our efforts to get more
> (or some)
> results. OK, I know open source means freedom for everyone,
> but maintaining
> several compiting graphic environments or GEM
> distributions/projects would
> mean confusing people, which would have to read about all
> of them in order
> to choose; and they could easily forget about it if they
> have to spend that
> extra time, as using (or developing) GEM is usually a
> hobby, and we all know
> here that free time for hobbies is rare in these days...
> 
> Anyway, it's only my thinking, time will tell. I'll
> keep on watching this
> list's news.
> 
> //     José Emilio Mori Recio - http://www.gui.uva.es/~jem
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