Well, I don't see what danger could arise from the fact that Google Groups is owned by a company. Google Groups provides access to all of usenet, plus many mailing lists (e.g. the ruby-talk mailing list for Ruby programmers). They don't control any of the newgroups or mailing lists that they provide access to. It is a free service, supported by advertising.
As for the issue of whether there might be future access problems (e.g. if Google goes bankrupt, which currently seems unlikely) R users would still have access to the r-help list through the means that they have now. I am not recommending replacing any of the current means of access to the r-help list; I am just asking about adding an additional means of access. --Paul On 3/14/07, Bert Gunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know nothing about Google Groups, but FWIW, I think it would be most > unwise for R/CRAN to hook up to **any** commercially sponsored web portals. > Future changes in their policies, interfaces,or access conditions may make > them inaccessible or unfreindly to R users. So long as we have folks willing > and able to host and maintain our lists as part of the CRAN infrastructure, > CRAN maintains control. I think this is wise and prudent. > > I am happy to be educated to the contrary if I misunderstand how this would > work. > > Bert Gunter > Genentech Nonclinical Statistics > South San Francisco, CA 94404 > 650-467-7374 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Lynch > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:48 AM > To: R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] Connecting R-help and Google Groups? > > This morning I tried to see if I could find the r-help mailing list on > Google Groups, which has an interface that I like. I found three > Google Groups ("The R Project for Statistical Computing", "rproject", > and "rhelp") but none of them are connected to the r-help list. > > Is there perhaps some reason why it wouldn't be a good thing for there > to be a connected Google Group? I think it should be possible to set > things up so that a post to the Google Group goes to the r-help > mailing list, and vice-versa. > > Also, does anyone know why the three existing R Google Groups failed > to get connected to r-help? It might require some action on the part > of the r-help list administrator. > > Thanks, > --Paul > > -- > Paul Lynch > Aquilent, Inc. > National Library of Medicine (Contractor) > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- Paul Lynch Aquilent, Inc. National Library of Medicine (Contractor) ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.