POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Farewell CompuServe : Re: Farewell CompuServe Server Time
12 Aug 2024 03:28:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Farewell CompuServe  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 6 Apr 1999 18:23:37
Message: <370a7b59.0@news.povray.org>
In article <3665ACA9.B5FCA5CC@compuserve.com> , Fabien Mosen 
<101### [at] compuservecom>  wrote:

> My .02 Euros about the Cserve Povray forum.
>
> Using a Cserve account since 3 years, I think that the latest news are
> good news.
> The povray forum had 2 advantage over the internet :
> - early access to beta releases
> - contacting the pov-team directly
>
> But, since approx 1,5 years, the Pov-activity over the Internet has
> grown so much :
> - ever-growing IRTC
> - news.povray.org, with *hot* discussions, many people listening and
> talking, new images everyday...
> - useful sites as twysted.net, and related macrostation, links, etc...
> - increasing number of people playing with sources, making patches...
> - a very nice "communauty" spirit.
>
> in comparison, the Cserve forum looked very pale;  those who didn't had
> access to these
> shouldn't regret it !
>
> Now that things are gonna move, my only hope is that the Pov-Team won't
> be bothered too much
> by people who will abuse of their new "reachability".  (you know,
> problems like the ones they
> had with POV 2 public betas).
>
> I think that, as a communauty, it's part of our responsibility to help
> avoid such problems.

Please correct your computer clock (cancel post and post with correct date
again), this date made the whole thread move far down (at least) inmy
newsreader. :-(


     Thorsten


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