From: "Dimitris Terzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 21:40:06 +0100
>I have no connection to the blackdown people but, as a volunteer in some
>social activities, I believe we should be a bit more tolerant...
I appreciate what blackdown is doing. But it's a bit frustrating to not
know what's going on when you're livelihood depends, to some extent, on
the software that they are putting out. I'm not asking for working
software, I just want to know what's going on so I can make a decision
on whether to use their software. I think the answer is yes, but
there's been some doubt about the future of the project on this list,
and I'd like to put those fears to rest.
>Regarding the issue of "read-only" lists presented in this thread, I can't
>understand why there are still out there at the first place! For the
>exchange of this type of information (i.e., of specific interest and never
>too confidential), a newsgroup is immensely better. Just think of the
>browsing facilities services like deja.com offer!
Newgroups require a good news feed and have latency issues, I don't have
a way of spoofing email addresses for newsposting, and mail is delivered,
not picked up. Deja.com is not a great way to read recent news. And,
since we are talking about issues in which timeliness can be important,
a mailing list works very well indeed.
When is the next 1.2 due out?
-Jerry
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