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> (a) it takes time, effort and experience to run a > mailing list. It is not something that OASIS has > been accustomed to doing ... There are groups that are much more accustomed to it, and which also offer related services. As an example, www.sourceforge.net offers a free service that supports multiple archived lists, CVS, a web site, and more. They offer the servers, and the community runs everything else. I rather of like the idea of the xml-dev community running itself in that way, rather than expecting someone else to do it. Oasis is well intentioned but not particularly involved here, and I'm certain that one of the participants on this list would have been glad to help resolve some of the problems by small donations of time. But the mere notion of needing to pony up $250 to be able to donate time through Oasis that helps fix minor sysadmin issues boggles the mind. One thing SourceForge offers that xml-dev has never (to my knowledge) had is a real CVS setup. It'd be interesting to get an xml-dev CVS server there, give a few dozen developers from here permission to change the repository (including integrating patches from others, and updating the website), and see what happens. There are itches that need scratching, after all! (Anyone up for it? GPL/LGPL code to donate? ...) All that can go on without precluding Oasis from fixing their problems and having the list stay at xml.org, note. And if the list doesn't stay at Oasis, there are always other services that offer professionally managed and archived e-mail lists (in addition to SourceForge). Though if anyone's really opposed to letting more XML flowers bloom, they won't like such notions ... :-( - Dave *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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