On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 06:36 PM, J C Lawrence wrote:
I've begun to wonder if that single point will either dictate the re-emergence of pseudo-Usenet (via moderated non-big 5 groups and server-side SPAM controls), or the RSS/RDF/XML-RPC world will win out.
blogs, RSS and aggregators are already showing us the way towards the next phase in all of this, understanding the difference between push and pull information. I'm starting to work towards RSS feeds of my mail lists, and then I need to find some way to allow RSS-subscribed people to post to a list easily (probably through some of the stuff we've talked about with TDMA and mailman).
mailing lists won't go away, but we're getting some technologies in place that'll allow users alternatives to that information that isn't generating interrupts unless the users feel it's worth the interruptions. having the same information available via push (e-mail) and pull (RSS) solves that problem, and allows users access to the info without handing over their mailboxes to the message volume of lists they aren't as interested in.
-- Chuq Von Rospach, Architech [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.plaidworks.com/chuqui/blog/
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