> -----Original Message----- > From: Henri Yandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:41 AM > To: Jakarta General List > Subject: Re: Forum Software. > > > > So the suggestion is: > > All Users lists become forums. > Developer lists stay. >
I will fight to my dying breath to make sure this DOESN'T happen (with what little persuation I can muster). I have come to rely deeply on these lists. I spend my offline hours (daily commute, boring meetings, vacations, etc) going over the list discussions. I have accumulated a large amount of data that I transform into documentation just from this single source of knowledge transfer. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!!!!! > > Only problem I see there is that Developers won't check the > forums as much > as they should, unless the Users forum has a mail list interface. > > > Hen > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Robert Simmons wrote: > > > Well, once again I would like to bring up the concept of forum > > software for Jakarta. The reason I am bringing it up again is that > > mailing lists are intrusive and spammy. Daily I get flooded > with a ton > > of email that I have absolutely no interest in reading. However if I > > unsubscribe to the lists than when there is something that I would > > like to know about or answer, I will miss it. In addition, if I > > unsubscribe I'm not able to post my own issues. With a mailing list, > > the communication mechanism is just too intrusive. On a forum I can > > pick and choose what I want to read and reply to. > > > > As for them being used, its a simple matter of retiring > mailing lists > > for forum software. > > > > When we consider that at least 90% of Jakarta users are not Jakarta > > developers but will often have a question or an important insight, > > than the folly of communicating only in mailing lists becomes clear. > > > > -- Robert Simmons > -- James Mitchell Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist http://www.open-tools.org/ "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." - Mark Twain (1835-1910) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
