From:	"Niall O' Higgins" <etadhg AT indigo DOT ie>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	New Djgpp site!
Date:	Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:44:18 +0100
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CC:	Luggage AT clubi DOT ie
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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**I apologise if this mail has been sent in HTML format and you cannot
read it, but I don't have time to fiddle around with Netscape
Communicator's Mail program**

Hi,

        I don't want to hog you're bandwidth, so I have tried my best to

keep this mail short and to-the-point.

I am going to set up a new, comprehensive DJGPP information site,
hopefully for DJGPP what www.gamelan.com is for Java (or was for Java).

I was thinking that maybe people would be interested in giving something

back to the DJGPP community, by means of a NON-PROFIT comprehensive
Support site, comtaining Links to other sites, Tutorials, messages from
this newsgroup that are of particular interest, a Web chat board, a
JavaChat area, articles on help, etc.., and it could even host the sites

of DJGPP projects such as library development.

Basically a DJGPP-one-stop-internet-shop.

Many people have tried to do this, but it would be very difficult to
undertake single handedly.

Thats why I'm looking for volunteers.

But first, I must say that this site would not be fully up until around
June or July, because I'm in a very important exam year now, and have
limited time to spend on such a project.
Personnally, I come from a HTML backround. I did lots of HTML design,
and then went into Java. I kind of stopped Java for a while 'cause I
needed time to study. But then I wanted to do c/c++ so found DJGPP. I'm
not a particularaly good programmer (yet, at least) but I think I could
certainly make a lasting contribution to the community.

One last major thing is Web Serving. I have essentially unlimited web
space, but at an inconvenient URL (http://indigo.ie/~etadhg/). I also
don't have a CGI bin, which would be critical to a decent site. So I was

wondering If anyone would host/know someone who would host the site for
free. What I really need from a server point of view is:
a CGI-Bin with Server Side Includes (SSI)
an Anonymous FTP site where people could upload files anonymously..
a virtual server (we could use a monolith domain, eg
http://djgpp.ml.org/ for free, so we don't have to worry about domains.)

Please take into account that this would be completly NON-PROFIT, but,
perhaps a server would host us in exchange for being allowed to put up
banner ads and collecting revenu from that, I think that would be
acceptable, especially since the site would probable attract large
amount of visitors once it got off the ground.

The kind of volunteers are specifically:
CGI-Scripters/programmers with experience.
HTML Authors with experience
Graphics Designers
Content contributors
and Just about anyone who thinks they could make ANY contribution to the

site.

If you are interested in giving something back to the community, please
e-mail me back. But PLEASE DO NOT SEND FILES as I don't have much
mail-space!

If you prefer to use more secure communication methods, my PGP public
key is available via :
http://indigo.ie/~etadhg/Niall.asc

Yours Hopefully,
    Niall O' Higgins

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