Thank you Mr. Sevilla for your initiative on this. My perception of desktop linux users may be off the mark, since I don't know enough about them yet, but can I assume that?
1. the majority probably access the internet using dial-up connections 2. are probably knowledgeable enough to set-up POP3 on an email client At least the above describes me. I may be atypical. In my case, an email based system may be preferrable. I for one would not like to tie up my telephone unecessarily which would be the case for a purely web based system. Neither would my wife, for obvious reasons :) But, as I note, I may be atypical and a web-based forum would be far better than none. I would also be happy to share knowledge and assist in manning the forum. Ricky Munoz Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 04:07:55PM +0800, Victor wrote: > > As of now I think the number is not big. In PLUG and ph-linux-newbie, > > it might just be me and Mr. Munoz who will be interested in such a > > forum. But the number will grow in time, I believe. Already, my > > customers are becoming more and more interested in Linux as a desktop > > OS. > > There are at least a few who seem interested and willing to "man" the > forum. This leaves me with just one more question in mind: > > > > 3. Will an email-based system be a proper venue? Or will the people > > > in (1) be more inclined towards using a web-based discussion board? > > > > I believe people will favor a web-based menu. > > Will an email-based mailing list on lists.free.net.ph (with searchable > web-based archives but no way to post mail over the web on its own) make > sense? Or should we wait for someone to set up a purely web-based forum > instead? > > Comments? > > --> Jijo > > -- > Federico Sevilla III : http://jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free > Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. : software we refer to > GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE : freedom, not price. > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to ph- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
