Re: Our history.
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 04:49:34PM +1300, Philip Charles wrote:
> > Is there anyone who is gathering historical records of the Hurd's
> > development? I would suspect that most people would be like me and delete
> > material as it becomes out-dated and of no further use. As far as I am
> > aware the only permanent record would be the mailing list archive.
> >
> > If this is not been done I would suggest that someone at a university talk
> > with a historian to determine what material is needed to be kept, where
> > and how it should be kept. I am not a historian and I do not have the
> > contacts.
> >
> > When the Hurd is a major os, imagine the frustration of a historian if
> > suitable records have not been preserved and they are expected to write a
> > history.
>
> The only place I have found some history is at this page:
> http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/hurd/
> It's a page about the hurd, not updated since 1996.
>
Thanks, I will take a look.
What I had in mind was a project by (say) a final year history student to
look at how we work and identify what should be preserved for future
historical research.
Phil.
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