You may be happier with the NNTP based developer
newsgroups at news.massena.com. There is no need
to start up Yet Another Discussion Forum on this
subject -- the more "centers" for discussion there
are, the more fragmented discussion becomes. Two
is already (more than) enough.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ren Wu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to this list, so please excuse me if i say something
> silly here.
>
> Undoubtly this list is great for developers. But from what i
> saw after i
> signup here two days ago, I wonder if a moderated web-based forum is
> better than a email-list? The advantage of a web-based forum are
>
> 1. When a new deveopler join in, he can always read the past articles,
> instead ask same questions again here.
>
> 2. Searchable, and can be arranged to a way which is easy to access.
>
> 3. Can also send notification email if a new post come in,
> can even have
> all contents inside the email as well if one prefer. This
> basicly means one
> can still use it just like a email-list if one wishes.
>
> 4. This email list have some traffic already, and I'll expect
> lot more in
> the future, so it likily some email will not be interested in
> by anyone,
> web-based forum does offer the option only read the interesting ones.
>
> If you think this is a good idea, i am happy to setup it at
> my site, and
> still have the owner of this list as the moderator. If not,
> sorry to all,
> and i'll shut up. :)
>
