KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week Commencing: 29th May 1999

Number: 023

Mailing List: kosh-general

In the mailing list this week, the following items were discussed. Please do
not email the scribe regarding any of these topics, it is not his job to answer
these questions but merely to report  the topics of conversation. If you have
any queries about this summary, please email ben@kosh.net, stating the Summary
Number, and Mailing List Name, and he will try to answer your queries.


Before I start this summary it is probably worth noting that despite the
shorter length of summaries of the General List these days it does not mean
that KOSH is disappearing. A lot of traffic on particular issues has moved to
other KOSH lists and the KOSH Working Groups are doing exactly that...working.

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a)

Subject: KOSH openness

Summary of debate: It was expressed that KOSH should not develop behind closed
                   doors. We should always be honest with people about what
                   KOSH can and cannot do.


b)

Subject: KOSH URL code

Summary of debate: HTML code can often be rather unwieldy containing large
                   amounts of blank space or alternatively be stuck so tightly
                   together with no white space that it is difficult to read
                   (but noting that there are many many fine web sites out with
                   well thought out cod).

                   This was mentioned with the apparent implication being that
                   all code on KOSH web sites should be well structured and
                   easily readable (as should the actual sites themselves).
                   Scribe's note: Please note that I am not for a second
                   suggesting that the current KOSH web sites fall below these
                   standards!


c)

Subject: Mick Tinker and KOSH

Summary of debate: It was expressed (and agreed by others) that we would like
                   to get Mick Tinker, the person who is designing the Boxer
                   (Amiga Clone) involved in the KOSH project as his philosophy
                   and technical skills would be great to add to the list of
                   talent in the KOSH repetoire.


d)

Subject: Larry Wall in Linux Journal

Summary of debate: There is an interview with Larry Wall, the creator of Perl
                   on http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue61/3394.html which is an
                   entertaining read of how Perl developed and where it is
                   going etc.


e)

Subject: Embedded KOSH

Summary of debate: KOSH could look at getting into the embedded application
                   market, a bit like Motorola do with there chips. Often the
                   badge of Motorola is not seen on the product but the company
                   still makes profits from sales. This addition to the way
                   KOSH is used could help make extra money for the Project.


f)

Subject: Amiga on a card

Summary of debate: See http://www.siamese.co.uk as Siamese are developing the
                   software that will interface an Amiga on a PCI card to
                   Windows and Linux. Access Innovations,
                   http://access.amiga.tm are producing the hardware (the
                   InsideOut).