Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.13 $; site iuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!apratt From: apratt@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Whole Earth Software Catalog Message-ID: <400022@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 00:18:00 EST Article-I.D.: iuvax.400022 Posted: Tue Oct 30 00:18:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Oct-84 00:32:06 EST References: <1762@inmet.UUCP> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:inmet:-176200:iuvax:400022:000:553 Nf-From: iuvax!apratt Oct 29 00:18:00 1984 I would like to point out that the development of the Whole Earth Software Catalog was, in part, an experiment in distributed processing: using DIALOG, with its remote-conferencing (newsgroup-style), the Whole Earth people got submissions from all over the country for their catalog. There was discussion of format, content, and style, as well as submissions of actual reviews for possible inclusion. So the Whole Earth Software Catalog was, in fact, a computer-aided project from start to finish. -- Allan Pratt ...ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!apratt