m ike wrote: > > .... I see the value in the pristine copy. > > i don't see the value.
Obviously, a mailing list is not a court hearing. Imagine, if you would a court hearing tanscript where the prosecutors words were all removed. I don't mean a sealed case, but one tht is open for public revie. but the prosecutors words have all been removed. Or, one where the name of a key witness has been changed. I don;t mean a witness under the witness protection program, but say some doctor that was called as an expert witness. However, the name has been changed. Now you have no idea what was going on, and no way to do research on the people involved. Some mailing lists are technical in nature (or at least charter) and while sometimes heated personal debates go on, topics have a tendency of coming back around. It is good to be able to point back and say ``this was discussed alrady, the thread begins <here>.'' That kind of history, that kind of reference is _ruined_ if a participant decides to have his participation removed from the archives. This is the power and value of a pristine copy. If you still don't see it, I am afraid there is little I can do to show it. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
