On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 01:35:44PM -0500, Alvin Thompson wrote: > does anyone else think that it's ironic that we use such a low-tech way > to vote when we're developing an application server? wouldn't it be > trivial to implement a web service that would allow people to vote and > post comments about the vote, so that subsequent voters can > read/contribute to the comments before voting if they wish?
Unfortunately, web-based discussion groups don't have fancy full-featured clients in the way that email has for many years. Also, web-based discussions are difficult to use in offline mode (like when the power goes out in your city for 20 hours *ahem*). -aaron
