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On Thursday 05 December 2002 08:11, Mike Fitton wrote:
> the existing mailing list. It shouldn't have to be crosslinked to the
> M/L since you may end up with clutter, double postings etc; that aren't
> necessary.
the double posting thing is a red herring: it would be trivial to keep posts
from bouncing back and forth.
> The forum could have categories for helping new users setup
> their systems, such as: Redhat,MDK,Debian,etc issues. X-config problems,
> interesting topics such as networking, migrating from legacy OS's
> etc...
all of which can (and are) asked about on this list. by using a web forum for
it you simply spread out the questions among a couple dozen forums, each of
which would then have to be visited to see what the conversation is rather
than looking in one folder of my email client.
email clients do offer filtering and threading.
> I realize that there are many sites available out there, but this
> may be a benefit since there are many very helpful members in this group
> that offer excellent local help and advice.
those "other sites" out there have far more people who are helpful. as for
offering local help, well, we do that right here on this list.
> Another reason for a forum, would be the ability to search archives on a
> particular problem they may have. In a sense it could be a "Knowledge
> Base" or "Gnowledge Base" ;O) for future use by members in an archive
> format.
an email list archive works just fine for this.
> I think the Wiki site is a great idea, since it promotes the "open
> source" feel to it. It allows users to modify it and others to benefit
> from it. I would not be opposed to a new look either, (possibly
> incorporating Wiki) as change is good too!.
agreed...
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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