On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Costin Manolache wrote:
> 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 +1 Omigosh! I just agreed with Costin! > > > > > 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. +1 Twice in one message! What's the world coming to? ;-) -- Martin Cooper > > 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]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
