It's amazing to me that in order to have what is our preference, it is desired to kill off everything else. Apparently, those who love forums have equally strong things to say about lists, and do not come to the rescue of the OpenOffice.org lists at all.
Why is it necessary to spread disdain for forums here on a list where, presumably, the participants are all self-selected and comfortable with lists and if forum-love is our secret vice, perhaps don't ask, don't tell should be restored? I am happy to see both thrive and serve those who find one or the other or both worthy of following. But then, I'm one of those ignorant top-posters. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Doug [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 09:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Forum outage On 09/30/2011 12:02 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > That's funny. The English-language forum guys seem quite antagonistic > to e-mail lists. > > Now that the forums are up, you will probably find it more useful to > create your thread there. (I have no quarrel with it being here, just > consider that the audience is elsewhere.) > > - Dennis > /snip/ If anybody cares, I *hate* forums. With a list, you get a bit of everything, and you can select those things that interest you. With a forum, you can only ask a specific question and wait for an answer, and you will never learn about anything else. (Yes, I know you can read the posts, but it is a lot more trouble, and not worth the time and effort.) And you have to sign in all the time--it doesn't just appear on your screen. Sign-ins are a pain! Just my 2¢ doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Italo Vignoli [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 06:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Forum outage > > [ ... ] > > I have subscribed to this list on purpose, in order to help forum > members to take their decision in the best way for the sake of users > (being a user myself). > -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
