From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,954655e6ccab4ebb X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!postnews.google.com!x3g2000yqa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Matteo Bordin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Lego Mindstoms for Ada: user group Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 01:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <069be29a-c0cc-40eb-855a-b94dea5bd04f@j9g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <8763e44wk1.fsf@nbi.dk> <59a63a21-d65c-4915-9c66-08288e8dd148@t13g2000yqt.googlegroups.com> <9a868e2f-4cb7-41b4-8e43-c9a1f061d374@m11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <8be60c4b-caf0-4a94-9834-1c2676aae9d6@37g2000yqp.googlegroups.com> <75741b93-5729-4050-96d9-ce5a3c151b64@t11g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <6c6846ac-7ca5-4d35-bdc7-3c031474171e@t21g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> <60e6255c-1cf2-45d7-b7ce-3ffc675946f2@t33g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> <1ee51ea4-da4e-4efc-be12-2015268db888@q11g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.99.106.126 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1247127647 16615 127.0.0.1 (9 Jul 2009 08:20:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:20:47 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: x3g2000yqa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=212.99.106.126; posting-account=0fK-ZgoAAACswzEJSZ3LA9AZ4FnRU7mX User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6916 Date: 2009-07-09T01:20:47-07:00 List-Id: On Jul 9, 1:14=A0am, Ludovic Brenta wrote: > Matteo Bordin wrote on comp.lang.ada: > > > > > On Jul 8, 3:05=A0pm, Ludovic Brenta wrote: > > > > On Jul 8, 2:59=A0pm, roda...@tpg.com.au wrote: > > > > > On Jul 8, 10:30=A0pm, Ludovic Brenta w= rote: > > > > > Why not use comp.lang.ada and meaningful subject lines like the o= ne > > > > > for this thread? =A0Is the traffic already too high here? > > > > > =A0 =A0Heh, the traffic on cla is *never* too high :). > > > > > =A0 =A0The worry is that the traffic on the formal lego forum may b= ecome > > > > too high, and so obscure the purer Ada language questions on cla. > > > > > =A0 =A0At least, I can live in hope that it will be so ... > > > > I appreciate your forward thinking but "premature optimization is the > > > root of all evil". =A0So, I think comp.lang.ada is appropriate until = the > > > Lego-related traffic becomes to high. =A0At that point a new forum wi= ll > > > become necessary and justified. =A0Just my two cents :) > > > 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. > > > 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. =A0And it does not allow you to > choose your client, as Usenet does. =A0Finally, 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. =A0I 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. > > -- > Ludovic Brenta. I did not know alt.comp.lego-mindstorms: thanks Ludovic! I announced the availability of the toolset there too. I agree with you that this group would probably be the best option, even if it does not seem to have a lot of traffic. We can always signal interesting discussion on linkedin if needed.