Even with infinite resources, IMO an archived / searchable mail list is far superior to a forum. I sign up for 5 or 6 projects’ mailing lists and passively watch traffic to learn more about the projects. With a forum, I would have to bounce around every day to keep on top of what’s going on.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Martin Gainty <[email protected]> wrote: > > 99% of the servers we use are donated by Universities so if the Univ admins > dont support we dont either > > Everyone who appears on the list to answer questions and/or propose > modifications > is doing so on a pro-bono basis.. on their own time ...using their own > equipment > > we do not have either the Equipment and/or vast Financial Resources that > corporate America enjoys > > Martin- > >> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:54:54 -0500 >> Subject: Re: Why not a forum >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> I think because Apache is a non-profit is cost should be minimal -- >> including cost of time by system administrators. If you want to search and >> filter, you have Google and other search engines. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Paul >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Preston, Dale < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was just wondering why this group uses an email list rather than a >>> forum. It seems forum software is more searchable and filterable than >>> email lists. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
