From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jcapp@anteil.com (Jim Capp) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:29:53 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Wikipedia for Unix? In-Reply-To: <20090605233040.GA35610@minnie.tuhs.org> References: <200906050348.n553mr9N017809@cuzuco.com> <46b366130906051140m35e27e17i4f124fb74be3d0f7@mail.gmail.com> <20090605233040.GA35610@minnie.tuhs.org> Message-ID: <4A29C691.8020605@anteil.com> Warren Toomey wrote: > On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 02:40:00PM -0400, Jason Stevens wrote: > >> I don't know I may be just dreaming in the sense I figure I'd probably >> end up with something just as empty, but would people be willing to >> put forth some kind of wiki of antidotes of their usage of various >> Unix on platforms? >> > > Jason's e-mail gave me an idea. There's a website somewhere where some > of the Mac developers captured anecdotes of the development of the Mac. > How about a wiki-like website for Unix, which is a combination of an > anecdote Wiki and a Wikipedia-for-Unix? > > The site could capture stories, technical documentation, historical > summaries, usage tips etc. Where possible, articles would have citations, > but the site should allow the storage of primary documents too, e.g. > e-mails and old Usenet articles. > > I'd suggest that editing isn't open to the general public, but either by > invitation or vetting. A group of people would be needed to watch out for > seriously bad articles/editing. At the same time, Unix history has been > very diverse and there has always been lots of opposing sub-groups, so > the site would need to be able to capture & deal with this diversity, as > would the people overseeing the site. > > Comments? > Warren > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > Warren, Have you followed Groklaw? Years ago, we put together a simple database to capture information on UNIX, books, technical papers, etc., for Groklaw. It is still running to this day: http://groklib.anteil.com/books/basic_list It has a permanent spot on Groklaw's left hand menu ... http://www.groklaw.net We have physical and virtual servers located in a colo-center with dual 10-meg fiber to 8 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia. The site has battery and generator backup. Cheers, Jim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: