[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Are we wasting our time?

[Paul Kippes]

As long as he doesn't make a profit.  If I got pissed off at things,
I'd probably be pissed at this.  He wouldn't have the CD if it wasn't
for my building the archive of posts.

Since he didn't ask my permission (or for that matter MEG's), I don't
think I'll bother making those archive files.  That is how I read his
post: a complete download of the archive.  And I can't imagine there
are two insane people who archive these messages...but I could be
wrong.

I wouldn't worry about any value-add his CD gives.  It only saves
people time from downloading the messages.  Once they get the files,
their PC must be zippy enough to search the files.  I imagine only a
tiny percentage of people have the tools to speedily and conveniently
search these files.  I know I don't.  (Example I know would be X1 or
Lotus Magellan.)


----- Original Message -----
From: annemehr <annemehr at yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:35:19 -0000
Subject: [HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Are we wasting our time?
To: hpfgu-catalogue at yahoogroups.com

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "carolynwhite2"
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> See: 
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/24441
> 
> Steve is offering a CD which can be text searched. I know Dicentra 
> has already done this for herself, maybe others too.
> 
> Assuming it's legal for him to do this, is this really what people 
> want, rather than the painstaking work we are doing?
> 
> It kills me to ask, obviously, but I feel I should.
> 
> Carolyn

I'd think we'd still want to do the catalogue.  How many people are
actually going to mail Steve the money and get the CD?  We need
something people can get at with a couple of clicks, for free, or else
hardly anyone will search the archives at all.  After all, a
disappointingly large number of people bring up a subject without even
bothering to see whether it's been discussed in the past few days.

Not that I mightn't still send for the CD!

Anne






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