Lpc2000

Go for it if you want.  The community as a whole will make it 
successful (or not).  
James

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, Rod Moffitt <rodlist@r...> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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