James Mitchell wrote:
>> 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. +1 > 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!!!!! Same here. Costin > >> >> 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]>
