On 8/18/10 9:54 AM, Mike Austin wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Rion D'Luz wrote: > >> I'd be curious to know why UVM decided to drop mailman (or was it >> majordomo?) and go with >> lsoft (classic?). > > We didn't drop anything for lsoft - UVM's listserv machine has run lsoft's > software since at > least the mid-90s. We've stayed with the product because it has met our > needs, runs on > Linux/UNIX operating systems, and with thousands of lists, a migration would > be a pain that's > not worth undertaking given other priorities.
But that doesn't mean there are not those here that periodically advocate for a change to a modern system, nor does it mean that if we were just starting out in list servers that we'd go with lsoft again. -- Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs Sr Systems Administrator | Always remember: You are UNIQUE, University of Vermont | just like everyone else. "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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