Hans Huberland on Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:36:19 +0200


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Re: GLUG: GLUG IRC channel begins: #glug on zanet


Neil.

How can an IRC network be closed source?  I dont quite understand teh
analogy - sorry :)

Hans

On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:09:57 +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:

>On Wed 2000-05-31 (19:15), Paul Sheer wrote:
>> I just had an idea
>> 
>> irc channel is now up #glug on zanet: timewiz.zanet.org.za
>> or one of its peers
>> 
>> i'll keep my irc client open 24 hours, but i won't always be on that
>> desktop
>
>The majority of Linux-using IRC users that I know of use #linux on
>irc.zanet.net or #unix on irc.lagnet.org.za.
>
>To cut a long story short, supporting "zanet.org.za" is bad, and
>supporting "zanet.net" or "lagnet.org.za" is good.  Let's just say that
>"zanet.org.za" is "closed-source", and the others are "open-source".
>
>In many discussions previously it has been suggested that #glug on
>lagnet.org.za be the channel, but most people who went there moved over
>to #unix.
>
>Neil
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>Neil Blakey-Milner
>Sunesi Clinical Systems
>nbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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