[ode] New OSWG site: alpha version online


Deb Richardson (deb@linuxcare.com)
Thu, 27 Jan 2000 03:47:54 -0500


Hi folks.

As promised (albeit a few weeks late) the alpha version of the new OSWG
site is now online and waiting to be tested.

Straight off the top I'll warn you: the site is sitting on port 8080
(not the normal web server, as regular site still exists), and the
server on 8080 has a disconcerting tendency to just stop every once in a
while. We're working on this problem, but don't be shocked if the
following URL is inaccessible from time to time. We'll get it back up
and running ASAP, and hopefully these problems will be fixed by the end
of the day.

All that said, here's the URL:

http://www.oswg.org:8080/oswg

Major features include: Volunteer and Projects registration system so
now the process of adding volunteers and projects to the site is
automated; OSDI -- the Open Source Documentation Index, which aims to
provide a simple but effective index for Open Source documentation
available from all over the 'net; and finally, a slashdot-like weblog on
which folks can post their Open Source documentation-related news and
announcements.

There are a number of smaller features that are part of the site, but
those are the big ones. Please go check out the site and let me know
what you think. Post stories and comments, register (register your
whole family!) in the Volunteers/Projects database, add stuff to the
OSDI, etc etc.

There are more details in the story on the front page of the site. I'm
sure you get the picture by now. I'm just really looking to get some
traffic on the site so I can be fairly sure that the
database/infrastructure stuff is reasonably stable. Any and all
feedback is appreciated.

Thanks!

- deb (up way past her bedtime)

-- 
Deb Richardson, Executive Editor
Linuxcare, Inc.
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