[linux-audio-user] OMRL - New Mailing List

[Darren Landrum]

It stands for the Open Music Resource Library.

The idea started as a place people who make loops, samples, and synth 
patches (for various softsynths) could drop their work off for others 
to use.

Sorry for the confusion, but I had to balance a potentially unknown 
acronym versus an incredibly long and unwieldy subject line.

Either way, the library has its own mailing list now. Anyone who wishes 
to is welcome to join.

Regards,
Darren Landrum


On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 06:56 PM, Larry Troxler wrote:

> Darren Landrum wrote:
>>
>> Just to let everyone know, I have created a new mailing list for the
>> OMRL at my studioconsul.net domain.
>
> <rant>
>
> One of the most irritating things to me about electronic communication
> lately, is the tendency use acronyms without first spelling the term 
> out
> in full.
>
> How the heck is someone reading your message supposed to know what you
> mean by OMRL?
>
> This is nothing personal - it seems to have become quite common over 
> the
> last few years.
>
> It seems to me it would be resonable to expect that if someone were to
> use an acronym that either has a limited audience, or has only been in
> common use in the last year or so, and/or has multiply recognized
> parsings, that you actually type out the words rather than just hitting
> a few letters.
>
> Sorry for you being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and go ahead
> and flame me if you think I'm wrong.
>
> SHYN
>
> Larry
>
> </rant>
>