Re: Why irc.gnome.org?

["BJörn Lindqvist" <bjourne gmail com>]

On 5/8/07, Claudio Saavedra <csaavedra alumnos utalca cl> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 22:24 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
> > No it wouldn't. Everyone who frequents channels on irc.gnome.org is
> > knowledgeable enough to easily relocate to another network. But the
> > other way around is not true. If the 10x10 goal
> > (http://live.gnome.org/10x10) is to be realized, you can't let the
> > comfort of a few dozen gnome hackers stand in the way of progress.
>
> IMVHO, IRC is not something average computer users use a lot nowadays,
> so moving to another network is far away from being something needed to
> fulfill the 10x10 goal, or any goal which implies getting to more
> computer users.

That is true, I exaggerated. On the other hand, the for the developers
that should write the software for the 10x10 goals 100+ million users,
IRC is very useful. And more developers and gnome contributors are
needed.

Merging the irc.gnome.org server with the Freenode network, or making
the domain redirect to a Freenode server would be trivial and would
hardly inconvenience anyone. It is not the most important thing to do,
just one small baby step in the right direction, IMO.

--
mvh Björn