Re: Lego Mindstoms for Ada: user group

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Matteo Bordin wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> On Jul 8, 3:05 pm, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
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> > On Jul 8, 2:59 pm, roda...@tpg.com.au wrote:
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> > > On Jul 8, 10:30 pm, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
> > > > Why not use comp.lang.ada and meaningful subject lines like the one
> > > > for this thread?  Is the traffic already too high here?
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> > >    Heh, the traffic on cla is *never* too high :).
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> > >    The worry is that the traffic on the formal lego forum may become
> > > too high, and so obscure the purer Ada language questions on cla.
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> > >    At least, I can live in hope that it will be so ...
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> > I appreciate your forward thinking but "premature optimization is the
> > root of all evil".  So, I think comp.lang.ada is appropriate until the
> > Lego-related traffic becomes to high.  At that point a new forum will
> > become necessary and justified.  Just my two cents :)
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> I have to say I still believe a *subgroup* of the LEGO Fan group on
> Linkedin would be the best option. You would have the advantage of
> having a dedicated group which is also visible to other LEGO users
> around the globe, thus providing more visibility to the Ada language,
> to the GNAT-on-MINDSTORMS project and to your discussions. We would
> not have these advantages if the discussion takes place on c.l.a or
> IRC.
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> I would be happy to start the discussion to create the new subgroup on
> linkedin.

The problems with LinkedIn are its proprietary and centralized nature
and the absence of a search engine.  And it does not allow you to
choose your client, as Usenet does.  Finally, it is a "professional"
network, not necessarily accessible or attractive to teenagers.

Making Ada more visible to the more general Lego Mindstorms is, of
course, a worthy goal.  I therefore suggest the existing Usenet
newsgroup alt.comp.lego-mindstorms as a better solution; in addition
it makes cross-posting to comp.lang.ada possible and even desirable
IMHO.

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Ludovic Brenta.