pcplantdb

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Chad Knepp wrote:

> Also, when you say we, who are you talking about?  Is there really
> much interest in this project.  I've been watching the weblog pretty
> closely and have been completely underwhelmed by the response.  Not
> sure how many unique users but only about 100 page requests since I
> posted the release announcement.  I'm seriously questioning if there
> is a need for this kind of project.  It's been fun so far and I've
> learned a lot, but currently, playing with high availability clusters
> seems like more of a growth edge for me.  Essentially I need to hear
> that people want this.


In a few words, many in the PC list and others outside definitely want it.
We have come this far with the PCPDB so why not finish it. Since PFAF seems 
to be heading toward
a commercial DB there will be a need for a free, open source one for the rest 
of us and for those
who wish to contribute substantially over the years. Also, to have on that 
could expand to include
guild and perhaps other information would be a very great thing. I think that 
once you have the
software in a more or less finished form and online, perhaps at ibiblio, and 
it is announced in the PC list
and sanet-mg, there will be many who will enthusiastically use it and 
contribute to it. As for me,
it is something I have looked forward to for years. I plan to contribute to 
the DB regularly over the years,
and have much material online and in my library to draw from.

The PCPDB would be a good thing and I hope it goes forward.

LL
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