> On Sun, 2011-10-09 at 12:32 -0700, Gregory Youngblood wrote: >> On Oct 9, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Ken Gunderson wrote: >> >> > 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". >> >> Yes. as I said in a previous message, it seems the new generation of >> "internet" users are really "web" users. If it's not on the web it's >> doesn't really count. Sad. > > Yet I have NEVER gone to e.g. FreeBSD forums for an answer. Maybe they > got some good people there. I don't know. But I DO know that the lists > are where the true experts hang out. Now if all you need is someone to > point you to /etc or something.... ??? > > The point is that it depends a lot on the particular community. And it's > goals. OpenBSD, for example, has now desires for world domination and > could care less whether I eat their dog food or not. >
That attitude is why OpenBSD will continue to exist on the periphery of the technology space, in spite of all the great tools they are sitting on. -- Fini D. http://LinuxBSDos.com _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss