Lpc2000

The LPC2000 Yahoo group is very good, however on  certain days, up to 
50% of the postings are related to eCOS...
Why is this?
Jane

Alex Gibson wrote:

> Rod Moffitt wrote:
>
> >I think yahoo has offered a quality product allowing us to host these
> >great discussion groups. However I believe we have (for sometime now)
> >grown beyond a simple yahoo group. Plus with the limits on file uploads
> >and the annoying advertisements it isn't exactly ideal.
> > 
> >
> Only if you access the web pages which I very rarely do.
>
> >I would like to start a thread on setting up a community run (no
> >commercial sponsoring) site devoted to the LPC2000 family. In fact, 
> due to
> >the overwhelming popularity of the other ARM7 variants, an ARM7 site 
> would
> >be ideal.
> > 
> >
> Overwhelming popularity of others ?
> Your not referring to atmels claim to have the most popular arm7 devices ?
>
> My view is the lpc21xxx's are very popular especially with hobbiests
> and  others
> especially due to the reasonably easy availability and free tools.
> Where as other manufacturers discourage hobbiests and non-large
> companies from using their products.
>
> >I believe I have a solution. A while ago I registered arm7.org with the
> >intention of hosting my build scripts plus other ARM7 documentation and
> >information pertaining to ARM7 (see my site at rod.info/arm.html for 
> more
> >info on my scripts and other links).
> > 
> >
>
> No thanks, I think this group is going along very nicely as it is.
>
> Probably would be a good idea to have say an arm7 or even arm  site
> (armfreaks)
> but you would have to keep it manufacturer neutral.
>
> Would be a fair buit of work, keeping a site like that up to date.
>
> >Instead, what I think would be very beneficial for the ARM7 community 
> as a
> >whole, would be to create a CMS (content management system) with email
> >discussion groups, wikis and file hosting. With such a site all of the
> >yahoo groups could be moved over to a limit and advertising free
> >environment.
> > 
> >
> These all already exist, just not in one central spot and not controlled
> by one person, which
> I think is probably the better way to have it.
>
> avrfreaks is similar to what you suggest as is www.at91.com
> both are funded directly by atmel.
>
> It could work if done properly.
> Still prefer to keep this group as is rather than use a forum format
> like avrfreaks etc
> Also allows people who can't access web pages due to employer filters etc
> to post and read without problems.
>
> With regard to wikis, it is a good idea to mirror them.
> Especially if the server goes down and there aren't any backups
> (like what happened to the gfortran(gnu fortran 90/95 compiler) wiki
> last week)
>
> The gnu arm site is now quite well mirrored.
>
> Alex
>
> >I have a virtual dedicated server at an ISP with lots of disk space and
> >bandwidth. I would be willing to lead the administration of such a 
> site if
> >I could get people interested in helping out.
> >
> >One thing I promise is to never elicit advertising through this site. If
> >you know me, or have perused any of the websites I maintain (see 
> rod.info
> >for some links) you are aware that I am not commercially orientated (I
> >don't even put links to my employer on my personal web site). We will of
> >course have links to ARM7 commercial ventures, yet there wouldn't be any
> >commercial sponsoring (i.e. paid advertising).
> >
> >The first thing I would like to do is canvass this list to find if there
> >is general support for such an idea.
> >
> >The next step would be to find volunteers with LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL
> >PHP) experience who are interested in helping administrate the server 
> (for
> >starters you would get shell access on a Linux box).
> >
> >After that the volunteers and I would select a CMS system to provide the
> >basis for this site. And then we will see where it goes from there!
> >
> >Please let me know what you think.
> >
> >- Rod
> >
> > 
> >
>
>
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