from Radek Khol

[Vladimir Vrabec]

>Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 19:11:07 CST
>From: "Radek Khol" <khol at mbox.fsv.cuni.cz>
>Message-ID: <16890.khol at mbox.fsv.cuni.cz>
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>To: omicron at cs.felk.cvut.cz
>
>mozna by Vas ci nekoho jineho na FELu mohla zajimat nasledujici zprava
>(pokud jiz k Vam nedorazila jinymi cestami ). Muzete to klidne distribuovat
>dale po Internetu.
>S pozdravem Radek Khol, FSV UK
>         L-SOFT EARMARKS $50,
>000 FOR DONATIONS TO STUDENT GROUPS
>
>                           December 31st, 1994
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>(Washington, DC) To celebrate the  New Year, L-Soft International Inc. is
>earmarking $50,000 for donations to  student groups with innovative ideas
>for making the Internet more  useful to non-technical users. These Awards
>for Student Internet Innovations will consist mostly of high-end personal
>computers  and related  equipment,  together with  licenses for  L-Soft's
>renowned  LISTSERV(TM)   software  for   easy  electronic   mailing  list
>management. The equipment is to be used to support LISTSERV(TM) and other
>Internet tools, such as World Wide Web and gopher servers, plus of course
>the students'  own projects. L-Soft  will not assert ownership  rights to
>the software the students develop. To be considered for an award, student
>groups should send electronic mail to AWARDS at LSOFT.COM with a description
>of their association and projects.
>
>The  first  recipient  of  these awards  is  NetSpace,  a  student-driven
>Internet project  at Brown University  which is "dedicated  to supporting
>student innovation  with computers and the  Internet". Projects currently
>underway at NetSpace address such issues as the environment, world hunger
>and cooperative  living. NetSpace also  provides a meeting point  for the
>fans  of various  musical  groups, including  the  alternative rock  band
>Phish. Lee Silverman, founder of NetSpace, describes the project in these
>terms: "Essentially,  what we have tried  to do is create  a culture much
>like the  Internet used  to be:  people learn how  to solve  problems and
>share the solutions with others when they  need them. So far, it has been
>a remarkable  success." LISTSERV(TM) mailing  lists will be  an essential
>component  of  new  NetSpace  developments,  nurturing  the  creation  of
>"Internet  neighborhoods"   that  bring  together  people   with  similar
>interests, without the geographical limitations of traditional media.
>
>Eric Thomas,  Manager of Design and  Development at L-Soft and  author of
>LISTSERV(TM), remembers the difficulties he had, as a college student, in
>getting support and access to  equipment on which to develop LISTSERV(TM)
>and other  networking tools. "As a  student, it can be  very difficult to
>get support  or funding  for your  ideas. When  I was  in college,  I was
>fortunate enough  to be  offered free  access to  an IBM(R)  mainframe at
>another  university,   with  no  strings   attached,  and  this   is  how
>LISTSERV(TM) came to be. If I hadn't had the freedom to work as I pleased
>or if  the university had asserted  ownership rights to my  work, I would
>probably have  done something else  with my  time. I wish  more companies
>would extend such opportunities to students  because, in the long run, it
>benefits everyone."
>
>Dedicated hardware is particularly difficult for student organizations to
>come by. According to Silverman, "The  hardware donated by L-Soft will be
>a boon to NetSpace because our  current server has been overloaded by the
>traffic  generated by  a new  mailing  list supporting  the Linux  server
>community." Linux, a unix(R) operating  system for personal computers, is
>the result  of an ongoing cooperative  effort by Internet users  all over
>the world,  and is available at  no cost on the  Internet. "By supporting
>communication between individuals involved in this effort, NetSpace makes
>a significant  contribution to  the international Linux  community", adds
>Silverman.
>
>Since  its inception  in  1986,  LISTSERV(TM) has  set  the standard  for
>electronic mailing  lists. On  an average weekday,  LISTSERV(TM) delivers
>between 6.5 and 8 million messages to  a subscriber base in excess of 1.8
>million. While  most of  LISTSERV's 16,000 lists  are used  to coordinate
>project development, reduce paperwork and  the need for conference calls,
>and to host thematic discussions on thousands of different topics, L-Soft
>is looking forward to the new,  creative uses that students will find for
>LISTSERV(TM) when given free reign with the software.
>
>- ----------------------
>Lee Silverman can be reached over the Internet at
>lee at netspace.students.brown.edu.
>Eric Thomas can be reached at eric at lsoft.com.
>
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