ToPPi wrote: > i suggested something like that some time before. > What about a bulletin board?
What about it <smile>? > I would (if there are some ppl. who would like to use it) install a bulletin > board... > with faq sections and so on... we'd only need some ppl. who'd like to help > with > moderation and faq updates. There have been a few attempts at bulletin boards before. I can run a bulletin board system (on a high-powered system that wouldn't be brought to it's knees by a lot of users, one specifically designed and installed for rnning bulletin boards) or you can. The problem comes in actually using it. I did a test yesterday; I tried reading the bulletin board Sun has set up for the Sun Cobalt line. It takes me about four times as long to read the equivalent number of messages, with the overhead of the board vs reading a mailing list; I bet that's why bulletin boards get significantly less traffic. And with all the bulletin board software I've seen, you have to look at the entire thread each time you read it; you can't just look at the specific message. Carrie Bartowiak eventually dropped her bulletin boards for lack of interest. My personal choice would be a private newsgroup (we can do that as well); they're easy to start and keep spam-free. The problem with them is that these days there are so many people who have no idea how to use one <frown>. As I've posted before on some of the cobalt lists: go for it if you'd like. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux and Cobalt/Sun/RaQ Consulting nobaloney.net P. O. Box 52672, Riverside, CA 92517 voice: (909) 778-9980 * fax: (702) 548-9484 _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
