Re: TI-H: Wait just 1 minute
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Re: TI-H: Wait just 1 minute
Okay great but you don't have to reply a long letter about how stupid the
person is. Just teel them it has been tried before and many people don't
think it is possible. New ideas could come from great programmers that just
get ont he list about a project thouyght to be impossible.
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> From: Osma Suominen <ozone@clinet.fi>
> To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: TI-H: Wait just 1 minute
> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 23:58:59 +0200 (EET)
>
> John Fraser wrote:
> >
> > If I have time I will help. But this list isn;t just for those who have
been
> > here the longest. new people will have new ideas if others could
givethem a
> > head start. Maybe though, old idea thought of a different ways can
produce
> > a better product.
>
> I know new people can bring new ideas, like Richard Piotter who came up
> with SPinTerface, but the FAQ is intended as a primer for beginners, to
> tell them about current projects, unavoidable facts and such. When someone
> has a new idea and presents it here, anyone can contribute their ideas to
> make the product better. But people new on the list tend to present ideas
> that are new only to themselves, and too often technically impossible or
> infeasible. In the long run it is quite frustrating to reply to their
ideas
> and criticize them.
>
> With a good FAQ, both old and new people on the list should have a grip
> about the facts and history of TI Hardware development, and be able to
> focus on the essential.
>
> (I feel I'm becoming a politician =)
>
> -Ozone
>
> PS. I started writing some of the FAQ sections today...I'll post them here
> when I'm done with them.
>
> --
> *** Osma Suominen *** ozone@clinet.fi *** http://www.clinet.fi/~ozone ***
>
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