> Most ppl don't like forums. I disagee with that, but then again I probably dont have any more idea then you do.
> Do you know even one serious project which uses > a forum? I know Slackware did and it really was a PAIN. All of the projects on SourceForge.net? Also, by forum I also mean usenet forum, so I would name about 100 pieces of software that are supported there. > Mail to this list gets mirrored on more places then you can imagine, same > goes for PHP lists. You can't blame this on the MySQL ppl. > > There would be less mail if ppl would care to do their homework. There would be less mail if searching archives was done with the same piece of software as posting. > Email is convenient, it just gets into your mailbox and you read it.. A > forum would require ppl to open a browser or newsreader. Seriously, are you telling me that there isnt a browser open on your desktop, or that that is a special request? I have a browser open more often then an email client. I would argue that opening my email client is more of a special request for me then opening a browser - also consider that an enormous amount of people are using webmail for anaonymous subscrption to stuff like mailing lists (if not all email) for basic privacy and to curb spam. If you arent a friend of mine, you sure as hell dont know my pop email address. > If you're busy then it's not fun. I'm busy how about a 87-hour work week last week? And I dont like email forums because they arent fun. I need to do much more scanning and management of an mailing list (whether I choose participate daily or once a year) then I do with say, Perl, where I login to google groups and search the entire history of the group and/or post within about 30 secs - and I get more and better answers overall. I dont have to remember what that group's posting email address is either. Also I would say that USENET groups get more traffic because the threshold to access is much lower. A lot of people argue that that means more noise, but I find that regardless of the noise, more access=more questions=more answers=more solved problems=bigger community=better software. I rarely ever have to post to Perl because I can always find the answer in the USENET archive, but I can rarely find an answer to my MySQL questions from the mailing list archive. I know at least part of that has to do with aversion to mailing lists by Joe Schmoe, if not JZ. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
