[luau] Any Open Source Programmers?

[Don Brown]

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On Tuesday 22 October 2002 10:15, Jimen Ching wrote:
> If you work on a large project, it helps a lot to have lots of
> face-to-face time.  Development moves a lot faster with face-to-face
> communication than with email or IRC.  Of course, I never did like IRC
> that much.  I prefer ytalk.  Ytalk sends your keypresses to the recipient
> as you type it.  IRC and other instant messaging protocols are line
> oriented.  It only sends text after you hit enter or something.  Ytalk
> also gives you the same multi-user chat capability.  Though after about 5
> to 7 people, you run out of space to display everyone's text.

Ah that reminds me of the bbs days.  Playing a game of tradewars and the sysop 
would drop you into icechat.  I agree, that way is better.

> Another advantage for having a group is in brainstorming sessions.  You
> can throw out an idea and have instant feedback.  Using email requires
> lots of preparation.  IRC helps a little.  But trying to explain things
> with IM is really annoying.  Maybe it's just me.

Very true.  But until Hawaii gets some serious Java open source developers, 
that is how it will be for me :)

Don
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