June 2001 - minds-disaster@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

Re: [Minds-disaster] Downtime
by Aidan Delaney 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

>I can't help it! Dev put me on the case because he knew I couldn't hack it, but if I don't go, he'll get have me killed! Looks like Dave got the idea. X-( Seriously, good luck & don't treat them like idiot's. They probably need a lot of reassurance regarding free software (or open source software). They are in leaque with the devil & probably think that just because they can't see the source it can't be broken. I don't mean this in jest, It's not easy to show someone the bright side of OSS (open source software) without loas of facts & figures. Apache is obviously the best example. We're running Solaris next year from what I gather. Someone (not me) may want to have a chat with Lorraine or Paula Banks, as they are both working in Sun right now. I know Lori knows a shit load about Solaris coz she fixes bugs in it. On a last note, I had a lot of work done on the whole Synapse thing, but Ericsson took my laptop back & I havn't seen it in a month. It's likely to be gone now. I have been doing a lot of work with the Perl ssh module in Sepro here, so I might just re-write it all(better :)). I need a URL for it, any ideas? http://www.may.ie

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Re: [Minds-disaster] Downtime
by David Barrett 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

andy fatbastard <andyfatbastard(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I do feel that some compromises are going to have to > be made. Just don't give away the 6 counties again, > Dave! I can't help it! Dev put me on the case because he knew I couldn't hack it, but if I don't go, he'll get have me killed!

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[Minds-disaster] Downtime
by David Barrett 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

Hopefully this is still working. Minds was unplugged on Friday. The CC requested it, probably after receiving my email about the meeting (which was necessary, btw). James has to put up the firewall and then we'll be back up. It's really annoying, I know. Regarding this meeting... Cian will be back by that time (the CC suggested 23rd of July - their holidays end then), and I think he should go. That brings the amount of people going on our side to 6, and the CC will have 3 staffers. On an unconcious level, they will feel threatened (or that we are trying to intimidate them by numbers) and the sheer weight of people going will be confusing to sort out (in terms of speaker priority, etc). I suggest a slimmed down group, for the initial meeting at least... me and Cian *have* to go: I'm their contact and also supposed leader of the committee, and Cian knows far more than anyone on the committee about networks. I think Phil should also attend, because of what he knows about the current set up of the machines. At later meetings the group should be able to expand, but the initial meeting is far more important than any other. If anyone else insists on going, and the number goes above four, I'm dropping out (and I think Phil will too, from what I gather, if it hits six) but I don't think that's a good idea, considering what we will be talking about at the meeting - security concerns, proposed network settings, current set ups, and projects in development. David

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