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Subject: 
Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:48:32 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org[spamcake]
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Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote:
> [ XFUT lugnet.org ]

[Okay, but leaving .general and putting in .admin.general]


>  * It is not just that we plan to use Open Source software.

Which I'm a big fan of. What software, and how far along is it?

>  * Similarly we have also discussed making all of the
>    content (but of course not user data like e-mail
>    addresses) Open Source as well.

Also good!

[snip]

> In a sense it _is_ a slap in the face to Lugnet and Todd. Lugnet isn't
> open for anybody to experiment with the software and try to develop new
> features. Nor is it controlled by the LEGO fan community, it is
> controlled by Todd, and even though Todd _is_ a LEGO fan that isn't
> quite the same.

So, sounds like you intend to duplicate a lot of the functionality of
Lugnet.

Have you discussed the possibility of sharing (NNTP seems ideal for this!)
newsgroup posts <-> Lugnet?


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Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
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Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
 
(...) Dan will start throwing heavy stuff across the Atlantic, if I claim it is vapor-ware at the moment, but it is at least not in a usable state yet. Basically (and possibly not quite correctly) it is a content management system with access (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)  

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  Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
 
[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) Reading the announcement, I must agree that LEGOFan.net seems redundant. But some things didn't get into the announcement; things _I_ believe will make LEGOFan.net (and WorldLUG as I understand it) significantly different (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)

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