Do you guys even update your servers or would that just be too intrusive on your tried and tested old methodology?
> On 12 Jul 2015, at 22:00, Allan Irving <[email protected]> wrote: > > Personally, for my startup I don’t use the free service so the comments > regarding the free service are irrelevant. > > Ot was just a suggestion. If you want to crap all over me for it, then so be > it. > > However, whatever - I’d say Slack’s success speaks for itself. I don’t see > how mailing lists are any better than Slack. If you do - then good for you. > > Such a negative vibe / element of rudeness on this mailing list. Safe to say > I won’t be renewing my membership as it would appear that easy / archaic > solutions are more appealing to the majority here. Most sysadmins move with > the times. Slack might not be the solution but many other more advanced > solutions are. If you’re so bothered about security, use PGP. As you aren’t, > I don’t see how you can talk as such. > > Regardless - I was just putting it out there but your rude and responses have > just lost you a member. > > As before - all the best. > > > >> On 12 Jul 2015, at 21:52, Allan Irving <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> We are debating this as an alternative to a mailing list. Don’t get ahead of >> yourself. As an alternative, I think it works. However, you can disagree. >> Please don’t male assumptions regarding ‘cool kids; or whatever you want to >> presume. That really isn’t the case. However, if you can’t see how mailing >> lists are more insecure than Slack - then what does that say about your >> career? >> >> How about you create what you want regarding x, y and z as opposed to >> slating something that DOES perform the function of what this mailing list >> is in a better way? >> >> Seeing as you are making assumptions let me I shall assume that you are a >> dinosaur that would rather use email over something else. Now, please - you >> should know the pitfalls of email. I did not say Slack was x, y or z. I just >> see it as a better alternative. >> >> FWIW: Slack does scale. + if it’s working for corporations, what makes this >> mailing list so unique or different that it can’t help it along the way? >> >> Making assumptions never ends well - as you have just evidenced. >> >> >> >>> On 12 Jul 2015, at 21:41, Brandon Allbery <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Allan Irving >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> You can stay in the dark ages but some of us are thinking ahead. Given the >>> responses, it is clear to me that moving on into the modern century is the >>> way forward. >>> >>> Slack is only forward in "coolness", not in security, privacy, or anything >>> else important. If we are to move forward, can we have something that is >>> actually *forward* instead of just another badly done insecure webapp that >>> cool kids think is The Future because it is Shiny and who cares about >>> whether it (a) works (b) scales (c) is secure (d) is private? >>> >>> -- >>> brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad >>> http://sinenomine.net <http://sinenomine.net/> >
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