+1 for mailing lists as well, there are a lot of archiving sites, which would offer profiles on users and getting emails from a forum which you would have to answer via a web page again is a pain. The only worthwhile alternative would be an now sadly underrated technique like news groups.
Regards Mirko -- Sent from my mobile On Jul 25, 2014 5:27 PM, "Stephen Connolly" <[email protected]> wrote: > As a member of the Apache Maven PMC, one of my duties is to foster the > community AT Apache. That means the mailing lists. > > If you are looking for an official forum (in the original meaning of the > word) to discuss Maven and its usage, then [email protected] is the place to do > that. We cannot stop people who want to discuss Maven elsewhere, nor do we > want to stop them. But we do want to encourage everyone who is discussing > Maven to do so on an Apache hosted mailing list. > > > On 25 July 2014 16:03, Ron Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Maven group on LinkedIn already has 2090 members and LinkedIn has > > 300,000,000 members. > > > > There is also a Meven Developers group with 1,083 members. > > > > I support both but I prefer the more modern approach of LinkedIn as a UI. > > I like having all my groups under a single login. > > > > I also support this mailing list even if it is old and has some funny > > interactions with Thunderbird. > > > > I have not had any problems with their business practices and find it a > > good way to maintain business contacts and participate in discussions. > > A lot of free and open software are represented in groups on LinkedIn. > > > > I think that you would be hard pressed to find an Apache project that is > > not represented. > > > > There are 285 LinkedIn groups that show up in a search for Apache. > > Some are very small and inactive and others are larger and active > (HADOOP- > > 11,310 members; Distributed Computing (6,241), Mahout 3,894, OpenOffice > > 1358). > > > > My point is not that everyone should jointhe LinkedIn Maven group but for > > people who don't like mailing lists, there is an alternative that is > > already active. > > There is no need to build another forum. > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > On 25/07/2014 10:25 AM, Andrew Todd wrote: > > > >> Apache is an independent non-profit dedicated to the dissemination of > free > >> software. The list archives are freely archivable and indexable by > anyone > >> who wants to -- and there are many sites, such as Nabble and MarkMail, > who > >> do. Using email as the primary means of distribution makes it easy for > >> third parties to do this. > >> > >> On the other hand, LinkedIn is a for-profit corporation with a walled > >> garden solution. It's "free" because it forces people to tie themselves > >> into LinkedIn's system. It can't be easily archived or indexed without > >> LinkedIn's permission. And if they decide to end the service, we're in > >> trouble. > >> > >> There are people like me who will not even create a LinkedIn profile on > >> principle. I don't like the company's business practices. > >> > >> In short, the suggestion is anathema to a free software organization. > You > >> might as well tell us to use Facebook as a discussion medium. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Preston, Dale < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I do participate in a couple other Linked-In lists. I'll check that > one > >>> out. As the response to this thread shows, though, replies come pretty > >>> quickly in the email list. In any case, the Linked-In list sounds > worth > >>> investigating. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Ron Wheeler [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:23 AM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: Why not a forum > >>> > >>> 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] > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > -- > > 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] > > > > >
