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Re: WorldLUG into public domain
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:03:37 GMT
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While I was trying to say it nicely, Troy I commend you for cutting to the chase
and saying what needed to be said in public. I agree 100% with your post.
That said, I hope people are interested in discussing this topic of integrating
resources, and I hope skilled developers choose to act on it. I’m always up for
the discussion, and I’ll be actively soliciting people I believe can do a good
job at implementing the WorldLUG concepts.
-Tim
In lugnet.general, Troy Cefaratti wrote:
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While this may be the “ideal” scenerio, it is also the one that is least
likely to happen. Todd and Suz have done a great thing here with Lugnet.
Lets keep in mind, however, that Lugnet was SUPPOSED to be the
all-encompasing site for Lego fans but never actually achieved that goal.
Other resources sprouted up out of necessity to fill in the areas that Lugnet
did not or was too slow to implement. BrickLink is a prime example of this.
Lugnet was perfectly positioned to do this but let someone else sneak in
under them and do it.
And frankly, when was the last time Lugnet was updated? Suz made a new
homepage for it that was cool and easy for newbies, but it was never
implemented. That was like 2 years ago I believe.
Lugnet has been running on auto-pilot for some time now. I do not think that
it is up to the task of being the “core” site for the Lego community. It
only maintains its current status because it was the first adopter and has
the momentum that goes along with that.
Both Todd and Suz have lost interest in Lugnet. They have both “retired”
from it at various times. While not showing interest in further developing
Lugnet as the community driver it could be, there also seems to be no
interest in giving control to others that would be willing to do the work.
Open standards would help to overcome some of these types of “problems” in
the community. Spreading responsibility out among more people decreases the
likelyhood of one point of failure bringing down the whole system. I think
it is an idea worth exploring.
Troy
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| (...) Hey, please, if stuff needs saying, just come out and say it. (...) Tim, although I can't offer development services, please don't hesitate to give me a call and bounce ideas off me, etc. --Todd (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) While this may be the "ideal" scenerio, it is also the one that is least likely to happen. Todd and Suz have done a great thing here with Lugnet. Lets keep in mind, however, that Lugnet was SUPPOSED to be the all-encompasing site for Lego fans (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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