Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070119 07:58]: Gmane to the rescue! http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.openmoko.general I read from all this the hint that we should start to sort out and better archive topics by having different tool than an e-mail list. Let us move

Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Marcin Juszkiewicz
Dnia piątek, 19 stycznia 2007 07:55, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller napisał: I read from all this the hint that we should start to sort out and better archive topics by having different tool than an e-mail list. Let us move to a phpBB (or whatever you like) system. Reading forum needs time,

R: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Michele Manzato
My feeling is that long-term development projects usually stick to mailing lists (thinking of kde, subversion family, ...). Independent groups usually establish a forum. Wiki is good to set things down after some discussion took place. I think it's mostly a matter of getting used to a way of

Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070119 11:57]: Nope, webforums just plainly suck. Depends on... mailing list plus Wiki (remember anyone can contribute there) should be ok. IMHO, mailing lists usually lack a good archive and therfore the same questions are discussed

Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Gervais Mulongoy
What about using Google Groups? On 1/19/07, Ole Tange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/19/07, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMHO, mailing lists usually lack a good archive and therfore the same questions are discussed every now and then and they have a tendency of separating

Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Christopher Heiny
On Friday 19 January 2007 03:57, Andreas Kostyrka scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: * Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070119 11:57]: And, by being forced to use a webforum, my impression is that people tend to think a little more before they write the next mail...

Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Christopher Heiny
On Friday 19 January 2007 06:12, Gervais Mulongoy scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: What about using Google Groups? Bleah. All the inconvenience of a BB/forum combined with all the drawbacks of web based email. On 1/19/07, Ole Tange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/19/07, Dr.

Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
What about using Google Groups? Bleah. All the inconvenience of a BB/forum combined with all the drawbacks of web based email. Killer phrase detected/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: is google.com down? Move this list to a BB/Forum system?

2007-01-19 Thread Jeff Andros
On 1/19/07, Christopher Heiny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 19 January 2007 06:12, Gervais Mulongoy scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: What about using Google Groups? Bleah. All the inconvenience of a BB/forum combined with all the drawbacks of web based email. On

Re: is google.com down?

2007-01-18 Thread Pius A. Uzamere II
Your e-mail isn't well-formed . . . you're missing an open rant tag. p. On 1/18/07, Koen Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, It seems google.com is down, since a a great deal of topics posted to the list can be answered by spending 2 minutes

Re: is google.com down?

2007-01-18 Thread Richard Franks
On 1/18/07, Bryan Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The community archives online are not easily searchable and not the best way to get a definite answer. Gmane to the rescue! http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.openmoko.general Nice! Thanks for the link! Richard