Well, as first posted by Mark: http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/
On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:23 PM, michel wrote: > Maybe this is a time (good or bad) for me to chip in with my own complaint > ... to many people are posting questions and make it obvious that they > couldn't be bothered even doing some basic googling, reading and trying out > stuff BEFORE asking questions. > > > Michel > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Bowen" <kbo...@als.com> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:12 PM > Subject: Re: Why an email list, and not a forum? > > > You haven't responded to Hassan's message: you're only thinking of yourself, > and you're only planning on consuming, not giving. The volunteers who > provide the support on this list certainly don't want to spend lots of extra > (and > wasted time) dealing with a web forum instead of receiving messages in email. > > On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:00 PM, Brian wrote: > >> Yes, but I still think that forums are better, a more modern way to give and >> ask for support. >> If I have time to see other people's questions, I can go to the forum and >> read the postings (and answer them, if I can), it is very easy. And I also >> learn reading other people's questions. I enjoy that. >> But when I'm busy in other issues, I don't like when my emails gets full of >> entries. >> I just think web-based is better than email-based. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: michel [mailto:compu...@videotron.ca] >>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 07:54 PM >>> To: Tomcat Users List >>> Subject: Re: Why an email list, and not a forum? >>> >>> I like that questions that I never though of asking can arrive in my email >> and I >>> can see some great "new-to-me" topics and I try to answer when I can (not >>> often, but I do try to help because I am so grateful when people help me >> out). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Hassan Schroeder" <hassan.schroe...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:39 PM >>> Subject: Re: Why an email list, and not a forum? >>> >>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Brian <bbprefix-m...@yahoo.com> >>> wrote: >>>>> But what if you just want to receive responses to your question, >> instead >>>>> of >>>>> receiving all the emails that is being writen? >>>> >>>> Or to put it another way -- what if you only want to be a taker, without >>>> any intention of participating in a community of users and giving back >>>> when you can? >>>> >>>> I'm sure there's a name for that. >>>> >>>>> Mail lists are an old method. Web based forums are more efficient. And >>>>> even >>>>> forums (such are the ones powered by phpBB) are not the latest >> solution. >>>> >>>> What *is* the "latest solution*, then, in your opinion? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com >>>> twitter: @hassan >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
