> Tony writes: >> What about a wiki?
> Yep, or at least a subforum with sticky posts maintained by > recruited authors. Blogs are another approach. > Once we have our archive, whatever its form, it becomes our goal > to mine that data for information on each important topic, > CS-related and other alternative health issues, collect good > posts/threads, and summarize what they teach us. > The amount of work that would go into that is one reason I'd > rather have the 'final solution' for the archive right up front, > rather than start with an interim solution and have to bring it > in-house later and have to revise every link in a few hundred > pages. > Nonetheless, we'll do what we have to. >Be well, > Mike D. Mike, That's the problem with software. Too many choices, too many options, and things change too fast. Every time you turn around, there's some new feature that sounds good, so it becomes a goal. But software nirvana will never happen. There will always be too many what-if's and what-about's. The solution is to go with the simplest and easiest method that works. Get it online and running so we can use it, and build on it later. The mail-archives solution is simple, it works, and has excellent reliability. It is easy to build on, since we can link to any post, and the links won't change. Any further enhancements can use the existing links without risk. If you decide to use a newer method, it can still use the existing archives. If you try to build the perfect system, it will never happen. The mail archives are 99% of what we need, and they are available now. They will even do all the work for you. And they are looking for additional features they can build into the system to make it more useful. So get the archives on-line, figure out what enhancements you would like to see added, and let them do the work. I believe a large number of people in the group would rather have the archives on line and available now, rather than wait for the perfect system that may never arrive. Please give the mail-archives a try, and see how it works. It is far better to have a working system that can be improved, than to wait for a perfect system that may have huge problems. Look at what happened to the Denver Airport Baggage Handling System. They lost a great deal amount of money building the "perfect" system, and the failure means that travellers will be paying extra to go through Denver for a long time to come. Let's not make our own version. Best Wishes, Mike M. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
