[Trombone-l] trombone.org

Fri Jul 18 14:55:12 CDT 2008

Thanks for the link to the Doug Yeo article. As with all things from Doug it 
is provocative and very thoughtful.

Dave Buckley.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Tune" <christune at christune.com>
To: <pmmus1c at bellsouth.net>; "'Chris Waage'" <chris at trombone.org>; 
"'Trombone-L'" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] trombone.org

> Why not simply "open source" it and, in return, accept donations toward, 
> what in essence would be a license fee?  That is actually very much what 
> the Free Software Foundation does with most of what people call "Linux". 
> Linux is actually just the "kernel" of the Linux operating system.  The 
> rest (and that is MOST . . .of the operating system) is Gnu software . . 
> .various pieces of software which mimic Unix components. This would put 
> the present domain owner (
>
> The main reason I suggest this, is because Open Source projects stand a 
> MUCH better chance of realizing their potential. This is a natural way 
> that LEADERS arise, and the ARCHITECTS arise, and the best DEVELOPER will 
> rise to lead the big crew out there.
>
> The tools to develop websites in this way are out there already and most 
> that I've heard of are OPEN SOURCE and are FREE SOFTWARE.
>
> My observation about TROMBONE is this:
> Some of the smartest people I've ever met (Doctors. . .Scientists. . 
> .Network people, Software Developers, Engineers etc) are trombonists. I 
> never gamble, but I'd be willing to bet that hundreds if not tens of 
> thousands of computer-savvy and developer types are trombone players or 
> former trombone players with a very warm spot in their hearts for our 
> favorite musical instrument.
>
> The trombone community could very well use the URL of "trombone.org" to 
> create a mini-Free Software Foundation, oriented around hyper-text 
> delivered trombone-oriented content.  Now, some of you may know me to be 
> an accountant, in addition to being a trombone player.  I'm someone, 
> therefore, who is likely the opposite of a "hippie".  Others of you may 
> know the founder of the Free Software Foundation, or others leading the 
> free software movement, and may somehow attach that movement to the sort 
> of "left-coast
> ", Berkeley style, quasi-hippie, aspect of software development.  I think 
> there is something to that, but I'd also point out that the Free Software 
> Foundation founder and all the others involved in this movement, are quick 
> to point out that they do not oppose free enterprise, instead they simply 
> recognize that the future of enterprise is in services associated with 
> products like Linux, which are Free. I think they are right. I'm pretty 
> thrilled about what is available to me
> , in Linux. And, like the others in this movement, I'm pretty thrilled 
> that the source code is available.
>
> I think the same can be done in the world of "content" (where we speak of 
> content like "movies", or "music", or "poetry") but the only area where 
> you see that yet, is in isolated puddles of content like facebook, 
> myspace, or perhaps the most serious (no coincidence it's Google) 
> Blogspot.  Why is it not possible to create a central clearing-house for 
> literally everything having to do with self-created content regarding 
> trombone, and setting it up with freeware tools to create the "wiki", and 
> the discussion g
> roups, and the only top-level duty (that which falls on the "fearless 
> leader") being major architectural changes.
>
> So think of this as a Web 2.0 project, open, and resembling a combination 
> of a discussion group, an encyclopedia, a-la Wikipedia, and a source of 
> media material (probably need to determine if time-limited or 
> "completeness" limited, would assist with copyright issues--most likely 
> yes. . .or something similar would yield a "yes", point of research would 
> be YouTube) and ample background info related to the media material, 
> which, allows for free-flowing, ample information, about trombone.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu 
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of pmmus1c at bellsouth.net
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 5:43 AM
> To: Chris Waage; Trombone-L
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] trombone.org
>
> Although it is not clear from this whether the content will be accessible 
> as it has in the past, the possibility that the content will disappear is 
> a sign of our virtual times. The resources we have at our fingertips is 
> very powerful. But it is temporary. I appreciate the words of Doug Yeo in 
> his article "What happened to the Internet?" ( 
> http://www.yeodoug.com/articles/text/what_happened.html ), especially the 
> section entitled Clay Tablets and Bandwidth. Whatever happens to the 
> trombone.org site, I'd like
> to thank all those responsible for creating, maintaining and contributing 
> to it.
> -------------- Original message from Chris Waage 
> <chris at trombone.org>: -------------- 
>
>
>> The decision has been made to dissovle the website known as the Online
>> Trombone Journal. The site www.trombone.org will be used to post official
>> news concerning the current site assets, the intellectual property issues
>> and general information about the dissolution process.
>>
>> Authors of articles, reviews, orchestral excerpts and just for beginners
>> resources will be contacted in advance of any transfer of content. All
>> authors retain publication rights to their content and will be give the
>> opportunity to opt out of any content transfer that may occur as we 
>> search
>> for a home for the OTJ content.
>>
>>
>> Chris Waage, Bass Trombonist
>> The Online Trombone Journal  www.trombone.org
>>
>>
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