I agree with the guy who said "bikeshed" -- this is a bikeshed discussion. But more than that, no one in this mailing list has authority to setup new infrastructure and move lists to different technology. It really is a moot point and nothing will change.
Cheers, Paul On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Ron Wheeler <[email protected] > wrote: > On 23/07/2014 9:03 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 03:51:54PM +0000, Preston, Dale 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. >>> >> If it had been my choice: because I'd have to go to a forum every day >> (and a hundred others!) while email comes to me. I have plenty of >> powerful email search and filter tools right here on my workstation. >> >> Every time someone proposes some other medium for this sort of >> communication (forum, Twitter, etc.) my first question is "how can I >> get that in email?" I can't think offhand of any forum software I've >> used that isn't uncomfortable, inconvenient and hard to search. >> >> The Maven LinkedIn forum will send you e-mails plus LinkedIn will inform > you of activity in discussions in which you are active in all of the groups > to which you belong. > > Ron > > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: [email protected] > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
