dan wrote: > im on the other side of the argument. i like forums as they are capable of > attracting people that would not want the 'full involvement' of a mailing > list. i also dont like the mixing of a mailling list and a forum, i think > they both have their place and are both very good at servicing their target > audience. i would not suggest displacing the mailing list with a forum, > just have both. obviously some people will not use the forums and some will > not use the mailing list. >
But then you would have 2 separate repositories of information. Users would need to read both in order to get *all* the information, but they're also likely to find much duplicated information in the two repositories. -Rob > i think that the wiki is something that should be setup first though and the > politics of a forum can come later > > On 10/10/07, Paul Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> doug wrote: >>> dan wrote: >>>> just curious, why not visit forums? >>>> >>> Requires yet another thing to sign into, another place I have to go to. >>> Mailing lists come to me, makes it easier to archive. When the network >> there seems to be a vacuum in the open-source world for a forum >> package that properly integrates mailing list access. yahoo groups >> seems to have actually gotten it right. (except for the advertising. :-) >> >> paul >> =--------------------- >> paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 51.8degrees) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
