On Sun, 2011-10-09 at 02:51 -0400, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: > On Oct 8, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 06:35:57PM -0600, LinuxBSDos.com wrote: > >>>> As Bernd Helber remarked, forums can play a significant role in Linux > >>>> distributions, as they allow users to "have conversations". It would be > >>>> great if an initiative to create one for OI could be started. > >>> > >>> I agree that forums are more user-friendly when you're searching for > >>> an answer that already exists. However, I find mailing lists easier to > >>> interact with and reply to on a regular basis. I think the reason the > >>> OpenSolaris forums worked so well is that each forum also had a > >>> mailing list bridged with it, so you got the best of both worlds (easy > >>> search and easy participation). My request would be the the mailing > >>> lists not be dumped in favor of forums, but rather set up as another > >>> way of participating with the forums. > >> > >> I didn't call for abandoning the mailing list, rather for setting up > >> something that is more community-oriented. > >> > >> So, who's gonna make the decision? > > > > I think that having a bridge between the two would be great. Either way, we > > could set up some experimental thing and see if it works. > > > > Jeff. > > I must be old-fashioned, but I find an NNTP server easier than forums (and > less junk accumulating on my mail server). Seamonkey has an adequate reader, > although I prefer knews. Those have nice threading, killfiles, etc. And > they're usually _much_ faster and less problems than a web forum.
+1!!! Sad that newer generation seems to have missed this very useful protocol - indeed, as some have argued, "the original groupware". -- Regards-- Ken Gunderson _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss