The file library is empty now since it has changed ownership about 6 or 7 months ago but the place is great. There are weekly "round tables" and "foodies" and the people are cool. Just like any system there are dead days and days where you can hardly keep up with conversations due to the screen scrolling by so fast. There are extensive "actions" in teleconference. There are tons of games such as crosswordz, tele arena gold, major mud, kyrandia, trade wars 2002. LORD, etc...
People on the system vary from complete geeks, to wanna-be geeks, to people that are just on because their girlfriend/boyfriend is online. Very real.
So to answer the question. It is alive and well in my eyes. Not as big as it used to be but the people online become tight-knit and it is very easy to become a part of it. You are accepted because you log on. You don't have to fit some physical description, or like a certain band. you just have to be a person and you can be considered a friend.
The less we think about Microsoft the better we are. The more we use Open Source products the bigger the statement we are going to make. If you buy a PC, return the Microsoft license agreement and get your money back. Install Linux. Help the developers. We can build a community bigger than it is now. We just have to work on building our community and not destroying Microsoft's Borg Ship. We can beat them with our minds and with our software. Give back for what you take. Make some software, join development, submit bug reports, throw rallies. Put bumper stickers on your car. Do it by being better than Microsoft. Be better. -Nick
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.go-oo.org - is merging its patches into LibreOffice
I have been using the go-oo.org build for a couple years now very happily. If LIbreOffice is good enough for go-oo.org, its good enough for me
Check out ods.ods.net
:)
The file library is empty now since it has changed ownership about 6 or 7 months ago but the place is great. There are weekly "round tables" and "foodies" and the people are cool. Just like any system there are dead days and days where you can hardly keep up with conversations due to the screen scrolling by so fast. There are extensive "actions" in teleconference. There are tons of games such as crosswordz, tele arena gold, major mud, kyrandia, trade wars 2002. LORD, etc...
People on the system vary from complete geeks, to wanna-be geeks, to people that are just on because their girlfriend/boyfriend is online. Very real.
So to answer the question. It is alive and well in my eyes. Not as big as it used to be but the people online become tight-knit and it is very easy to become a part of it. You are accepted because you log on. You don't have to fit some physical description, or like a certain band. you just have to be a person and you can be considered a friend.
ANSI graphics are so much fun anyways.
The less we think about Microsoft the better we are. The more we use Open Source products the bigger the statement we are going to make. If you buy a PC, return the Microsoft license agreement and get your money back. Install Linux. Help the developers. We can build a community bigger than it is now. We just have to work on building our community and not destroying Microsoft's Borg Ship. We can beat them with our minds and with our software. Give back for what you take. Make some software, join development, submit bug reports, throw rallies. Put bumper stickers on your car. Do it by being better than Microsoft. Be better. -Nick