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diff --git a/website/news/mailing-list.mdwn b/website/news/mailing-list.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61d2a13 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/news/mailing-list.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# The monkeysphere has a mailing list! # + +We've been working with a relatively bulky CC list since the inception +of the monkeysphere concept, but we now have a +[mailing-list!](http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/monkeysphere) It even +has [archives!](https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/monkeysphere) + +We started off with this CC list because we were interested in +exploring distributed models of collaboration, communication and +organization. Using the [git VCS](http://git.or.cz/) we were able to +set up our development infrastructure to be totally distributed, but +we soon realized that other aspects of the monkeysphere project needed +to be accessible to the public, such as a project home page (although +we could setup a system to distribute that), and a mailing list that +people other than us could join and browse the archives (we've got +some interesting ideas here too)... + +So, although our all-distributed model has cracked a bit, its mostly +for want of tools to facilitate the process, and although we are eager +to explore the mechanisms to make these things happen, we didn't want +to keep the monkeysphere back while we did so. + |