Allan Irving wrote: > given the response for outdated technology which is very insecure
It's a public mailing list, and the archives are available on the LOPSA.org web site for anyone to see -- no sign in, no password. There's no need for security because a deliberate decision was made that the archives of the list should be public (and searchable by Google and the like). > it would seem that LOPSA really isn't up to date. I prefer to look at the problem to be solved or the service to be offered and given the parameters and requirements, choose the appropriate technology. When LOPSA was formed, Slack didn't exist; since then, several new things have come -- AND GONE. There's a cost to LOPSA in switching from one service to another, so unless the existing solution no longer meets the requirements, there's no good reason to switch. LOPSA also needs to consider how long any new service will exist; anyone remember Google Wave? Orkut? Friendster? Myspace? So where are the new requirements, and where is the analysis of whether the existing solution meets those requirements? Show those to the Board and then you can complain that LOPSA isn't "up to date"; until then, all you have is "but Slack is cool." LOPSA also has to consider how many members will drop off the list (and possibly out of the organization) if the forums change too often; sure, thay may be balanced by how many will join because of the switch, but my point is there's a second analysis that would need to be done before switching services. LOPSA has enough membership problems that any big change like this which may affect membership needs to be given very careful consideration. > Are you really sending sensitive data over a mailing list? Over the LOPSA mailing lists? I certainly don't, and certainly nothing I've seen from anyone else is what I would consder sensitive -- maybe because most folks on the list know it's a public forum. Adam _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
