Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Creative (?) Use of Internet Message-ID: <1990Aug28.155415.20002@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 28 Aug 90 15:54:15 GMT References: <7851@gollum.twg.com> Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 22 In article tek@ms.uky.edu (Thomas E. Kunselman) writes: > Sure, I can log discussions from newsgroups, but what if I wanted to >setup an electronic way to handle project management in my office? Seems strange that you'd want to put discussions on a computer when they could be face to face. >It would be nice to have a software package that would automatically >archive messages from staff members, storing them in their appropriate >hierarchical groups. Some groups might only need to be viewed by myself >and the responsible staff member, since the work doesn't involve anyone else, >but would still need to be included in the overall whole. For example, in IRC, one could use string channels with hierarchical names, invite-only channels, and write a little automaton for each channel which stores the discussion in a file with appropriate protections. Just keep in mind that Joe Average Staff Member talks one hell of a lot faster than he types. -- "Fuck you, Wumpus." -- Joe Stong