Curtis Olson wrote:
> Now that I am hosting the FlightGear web site with a commercial > hosting service, it becomes quite easy to setup online "forums" using > phpBB2. > > I know our development culture is built around mailing lists. I'm > sure the FlightGear community will be decisively split between forums > versus mailing lists if I ask people's preferences ... so I'm not > expecting a consensus here. Is this anything that is worth > exploring? Is it worth having both options available? Would end user > support benefit from forums? Would forums be useful for those that > have trouble with sourceforge's spam blockers? A backup communication > mechanism for when the sourceforge email lists experience their > inevitable down time? > > Thoughts? > Anything you can do to foster communications, increase awareness, reduce "newbee" initiation, and expand levels of understanding is positive. Forums seem to be a bit more structured but some folks like that when searching for a specific topic JW ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
