From owner-qed Thu May 12 13:09:04 1994 Received: from linus.mitre.org (linus.mitre.org [129.83.10.1]) by antares.mcs.anl.gov (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id NAA08171 for ; Thu, 12 May 1994 13:08:48 -0500 Received: from nausicaa.mitre.org (nausicaa.mitre.org [129.83.10.45]) by linus.mitre.org (8.6.7/RCF-6S) with ESMTP id OAA16806 for ; Thu, 12 May 1994 14:08:44 -0400 From: "F. Javier Thayer" Received: (jt@localhost) by nausicaa.mitre.org (8.6.7/RCF-6C) id OAA00957; Thu, 12 May 1994 14:08:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 14:08:37 -0400 Message-Id: <199405121808.OAA00957@nausicaa.mitre.org> To: qed@mcs.anl.gov Subject: QED audience QED should be a public resource that should make mathematics interesting and usable to a wider audience than it currently is. I believe it is a non-starter both politically and financially to restrict our intended audience to professional mathematicians. If we are to make QED a public resource, let's keep in mind recent advances in distributed database technology (such as WWW and mosaic). It would be really interesting to find WWW resources besides the weather and the latest Dr. Fun Cartoon. (You can also find tangos, by the way and some really beautiful, albeit risque' pictures of tango dancers). Javier