[ic] Frustrated with IC 4.8

[IC-Admin]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 cfm@maine.com wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:55:57AM +0200, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
> > "Sturgisrally.net" <corey@sturgisrally.net> writes:
> > 
> > > There are a few problems with charging for this mailing list ...
> > 
> > Forget this. Charging is definitely a bad idea and it won't work
> > for sure. But IC/RedHat should be definitely more creative in
> > lining up resources from the IC developers around the world.
> 
> 
> I hate to hear one of my pet ideas shot down.  I'd not charge for this
> list either, but I would pay for a moderated "best of" list **version**
> of this list.  The money goes to moderator for maintaining FAQ, sending
> FAQ to common questions, killing bad threads and spam, etc...  All posts 
> go to vanilla list, those subscribing to "best of" would get a human
> moderated version, only a handful of posts per day.  Ahhhhh that's the
> ticket!
> 

Yeah, an old pet idea of yours. I remember when you suggested it the
first time around. The thing is that the one who is able to make a
"best of" list must be quite knowledgable himself and will have no
time to do it and if he did it, he would want too much money for it.
Then the money wouldn't go into the pot, where it could be used to
support IC development and we are back at point one.

For some darn reason it doesn't get into my head why the community
refuses stubbornly to pay a fee for something they all use. To me
it's one of those big denials people have about realities.
But I better let this go now.

Birgitt Funk