Re: [Thales] Requesting user contributions

[Daniël Boeije]

I know this note is off-topic, but it's strange. I got the reply from
Andy Smith to this message much earlier (about 6 to 18 hours) than the
original message.

Monday, March 8, 2004, 8:56:20 PM, you wrote:

LN> Hi,

LN> When I started to code Thales, I hoped that releasing it to the public
LN> would help to get contributions from users (scripts that use Thales).

LN> However, thales has been out for nearly two years, and it still lacks
LN> a lot of good example scripts. I still have to answer those newbies
LN> questions like "how do I display the number of users on my network ?".
LN> Why ? because nearly all of you are either too lazy or too egoist to
LN> release your scripts.

LN> I would like to release Thales 1.0 soon (before the summer), and would
LN> like to include good example scripts. If you continue to ignore those
LN> requests for help, thales development will probably just be delayed.
LN> I am not going to continue to dedicate time to a project with such a
LN> blantant lack of support from the user community.

LN> Please send me your example scripts in any programming language. Include
LN> a README file stating what the script does and how to use it (how to
LN> configure it).

LN> Contributions to scripts already included in Thales 0.9.5 are also
LN> appreciated. Or scripts that do the same thing, but differently.

LN> Quality of the scripts isn't that important. If you believe your script
LN> isn't high-quality, just state so in the README file.

LN> Thank you,



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 Daniël                            mailto:address@hidden