On 2/20/07, Perry E. Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> which seems to have a lot of what you're looking for (a lot of the >> discussion on the various mailling lists seems to end up getting >> distilled into wiki articles). > > It's interesting to note that most youngsters seem to prefer forums, and most > of us old-timers (IIRC you're my age, Joe) prefer mailing lists. I wonder why > that is? The youngsters have seen a lot of web based posting systems, don't remember usenet, don't have decent email systems that segregate lists into different boxes, and thus don't understand why anyone would use email or what the problems of web posting systems are. Perry
You talk about it like usenet isn't around anymore. I'm 23 and I remember usenet. It came in handy back in the day when I was learning C++. I think that proper threading is much more useful than the linear "threads" in web forums these days.. Anyway, I suppose that despite the fact that I might be considered a "youngster", I consider myself much less "technologically young" that most people my age. -- Paul Bonser _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community