Re: New P112 page


Dave Griffith wrote:
> I've tossed together a little page to keep everyone informed on what's
> going on with the P112 and to serve up related files.
>
> See it at http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~dgriffi/proj/p112/
>
> David Griffith
> dgriffi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <-- Switch the 'b' and 'u'

Congratulations on your project's Web page. I've followed your P112
project in comp.os.cpm but not participated. For a year's work and for
all the persons involved, a Web page is certainly a good idea. I have a
few tiny comments on the Web page and an overall comment which explains
why I've posted my comment HERE instead of emailing them to you or your
Web page. These comments are not snipes, just my opinions and
reactions. I mean no ill will.

Got to your Web page today (10/21/05) with no problems, recent postings
here to the contrary. The Web page displays no title other than "What
is it"; it might be reasonable to add a displayed title about the P112.
Also, you have a number of comments about "current" which are not
dated. As your project stretched over a year and you may make another
run of boards, you might want to date your "currents". As a newly
edited Web page it's fine of course, these are details that only
another Web page editor would fuss about.

The reason I did not reply privately is that I did not see an email
link to you on the page, or even an invitation to email you about the
page or the P112. When I went to the "root" of your Web address, which
led to your personal page on your host provider, there was an email
link there, with a warning. That link included a document about terms
of emailing to you. I decided from a cursory reading of the document,
plus the simple presence of it and how I got there, that I should not
email you privately.

I was careful about this for another reason. In an unrelated
circumstance recently, I replied privately to a person who posted a
hostile reply to one of my posts, in a small maillist we both belong
to. I merely used his posted address to do so. He took my private reply
to my ISP and called it unsolicited email and used a number of keywords
to describe it. My ISP's robot responder saw the correct keywords and
sent me an automated warning that I (or a virus) may have violated my
Terms of Use. While nothing may come of all that, it's uncomfortable to
recieve such a message from your service provider.

Dave, my point in all this is simple, and moreso as I'm apparently
obliged to post it in comp.os.cpm, a public newsgroup. Given the size
and length of time - dozens of people, over a year's time - for your
P112 project, and given you've now set up a Web page; isn't it
reasonable for you to also set up some kind of email list? If you don't
want emails to you directly - and that seems to be your preference -
then a mail list service not only preserves your privacy, it gives
anyone interested access to its ARCHIVE of messages which will inform
anyone new to the project. Some of these services are free, I doubt
even the paid services cost very much.

Meanwhile, now that you have a Web page, search engines will find it -
and those searching will want to contact YOU, or someone. Why not give
them a place to do so, that also suits you? A list's archive will give
anyone the status of the project at any point, just from its traffic.
And all those messages will be available and accessble - not like the
P112 traffic in comp.os.cpm, which over a year is only connected by one
keyword (or maybe not?), and buried in a lot of other traffic.

I'm not saying that using comp.os.cpm was bad; I'm saying that a mail
list, for an ongoing project specific to dozens of people but of
interest to many, is BETTER. So's a Web page for that matter, so I'm
glad to see that, and congratulations. I think it's reasonable to also
have a mail list. Perhaps one of your P112 board owners will offer to
operate, or set up one, for you. I think a maillist will be a net time
saver, and protect your privacy too, AND help others interested in the
project.

Herb Johnson

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